People by Barbra Streisand

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 28 · Sections: 4

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro

• Bm7 – E9sus4
  ii7 – V9sus4

Verse 1

• Amaj9 – E7sus4 (×2)
  Imaj9 – V7sus4
• Amaj9 – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7sus4 – C♯7 – F♯mmaj7 – F♯m7 – B7 – Emaj7 – C♯m7 – Caug7 – E/B – Gdim – F♯m7 – B9 – Bm7 – E7
  Imaj9 – viiø7 – III7sus4 – III7 – vimaj7 – vi7 – II7 – Vmaj7 – iii7 – bIII+7 – V⁶₄ – bvii° – vi7 – II9 – ii7 – V7

Verse 2

• Amaj9 – E7sus4 (×2)
  Imaj9 – V7sus4
• Amaj9 – Bm7/A – D6 – C♯m7 – A – Dmaj7 – A6/C♯ – B9 – Amaj7/E – F♯m7 – Bm7 – E7 – Amaj9 – A9
  Imaj9 – ii⁴₂ – IV6 – iii7 – I – IVmaj7 – I6 (bass C♯) – II9 – Imaj⁴₃ – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj9 – I9

Outro

• Dmaj7 – Bm7♭5 – A – Bm7 – E7sus4 – A – A11 – Dmaj7 – C♯m7 – A13 – Dmaj7 – A6/C♯ – B9 – Amaj7/E – F♯m7 – Amaj9 – A9 – Dmaj7 – Bm7♭5 – A – Bm7 – F/C – A
  IVmaj7 – iiø7 – I – ii7 – V7sus4 – I – I11 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – I13 – IVmaj7 – I6 (bass C♯) – II9 – Imaj⁴₃ – vi7 – Imaj9 – I9 – IVmaj7 – iiø7 – I – ii7 – bVI⁶₄ – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Bm7♭5 (iiø7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• F/C (bVI⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• A9 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Dmaj7.
• A11 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Dmaj7.
• A13 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Dmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0049, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.