Right Here Waiting by Richard Marx

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 24

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). 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

Part 1 (0:00)

• Csus4/F – C/E – G7/D – C/E – Fsus2
  Isus4 (bass F) – I⁶ – V⁴₃ – I⁶ – IVsus2

Part 2 (0:10)

• C – G
  I – V

Part 3 (0:21)

• Am – F – G – C – G
  vi – IV – V – I – V

Part 4 (0:31)

• Am – F – G – Am
  vi – IV – V – vi

Part 5 (0:42)

• C – F – Dm7 – Gsus4
  I – IV – ii7 – Vsus4

Part 6 (0:53)

• G – C – F – Dm7 – G/B
  V – I – IV – ii7 – V⁶

Part 7 (1:04)

• Am – D7sus4 (×2)
  vi – II7sus4

Part 8 (1:14)

• G11 – C – G – Am – F
  V11 – I – V – vi – IV

Part 9 (1:25)

• G – C – G – Am – F
  V – I – V – vi – IV

Part 10 (1:36)

• G – Am – C – F
  V – vi – I – IV

Part 11 (1:47)

• Dm7 – Gsus4 – G – C – F
  ii7 – Vsus4 – V – I – IV

Part 12 (1:58)

• Dm7 – G/B – Am – D7sus4
  ii7 – V⁶ – vi – II7sus4

Part 13 (2:08)

• Am – D7sus4 – G11 – C – G
  vi – II7sus4 – V11 – I – V

Part 14 (2:19)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:21).

Part 15 (2:30)

• Am – F – G – D7sus4 – C/E
  vi – IV – V – II7sus4 – I⁶

Part 16 (2:41)

• F – D7sus4 – C
  IV – II7sus4 – I

Part 17 (2:51)

• F – G11 – C – G
  IV – V11 – I – V

Part 18 (3:02)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:21).

Part 19 (3:13)

• Am – F – G – Am – D7sus4
  vi – IV – V – vi – II7sus4

Part 20 (3:24)

Same chords as Part 13 (2:08).

Part 21 (3:35)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:21).

Part 22 (3:45)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:21).

Part 23 (3:56)

Same chords as Part 3 (0:21).

Part 24 (4:07)

• Am – F – G – C
  vi – IV – V – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (Repeat Offender), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Repeat Offender), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• 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.