Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 5

Form: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart 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

Verse 1

• A – B9/F♯ – E13 – E9 (×2)
  I – II9 (bass F♯) – V13 – V9
• A – F♯m7 – C♯7 – F♯m7 – B7 – D – Dm6
  I – vi7 – III7 – vi7 – II7 – IV – iv6

Chorus 1

• Dm6
  iv6
• A – B9/F♯ – E13 – E9 (×2)
  I – II9 (bass F♯) – V13 – V9
• A – D – Dm6 – A
  I – IV – iv6 – I

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• Dm6
  iv6
• A – B9/F♯ – E13 – E9 (×2)
  I – II9 (bass F♯) – V13 – V9
• A – D – Dm6 – A – Bm7 – F♯m7 – Bm7 – D – Bm7
  I – IV – iv6 – I – ii7 – vi7 – ii7 – IV – ii7

Chorus 3

• D
  IV
• A – B9/F♯ – E13 – E9 (×2)
  I – II9 (bass F♯) – V13 – V9
• A – D – Dm6 – A
  I – IV – iv6 – I

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
A	I	Home chord (tonic)	Verse, Chorus
B9/F♯	II9 (bass F♯)	Secondary dominant (V/V)	Verse, Chorus
E13	V13	In the key	Verse, Chorus
E9	V9	In the key	Verse, Chorus
F♯m7	vi7	In the key	Verse, Chorus
C♯7	III7	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	Verse
B7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Verse
D	IV	In the key	Verse, Chorus
Dm6	iv6	Borrowed from A minor	Verse, Chorus
Bm7	ii7	In the key	Chorus

Harmonic highlights

• Dm6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• B9/F♯ acts as V/V: it resolves to E13.
• C♯7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to F♯m7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Put Your Records On” (credited “Corinne Bailey Rae”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
• Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Put Your Records On” (credited “Corrine Bailey Rae”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 84%).
• Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.