Rocket Love by Stevie Wonder

Overview

Key: G♯ minor · Chords used: 24 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → B Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → D Section → D Section ×4 → D Section

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

Intro 1

• C♯m6 – E7♯11 – B/A – G♯9sus4 – C♯m6 – A♯m7♭5/D♯ – D♯7♭9 – G♯m – E/G♯ – G♯m6 – E/G♯ – G♯m – E/G♯ – G♯m6
  iv6 – bVI7#11 – bIII (bass A) – I9sus4 – iv6 – iiø7 (bass D♯) – V7b9 – i – bVI⁶ – i6 – bVI⁶ – i – bVI⁶ – i6

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• G♯m – E/G♯ – G♯m6 – E/G♯ (×2)
  i – bVI⁶ – i6 – bVI⁶
• F♯9sus4 – D♯7sus4
  bVII9sus4 – V7sus4
• G♯m – E/G♯ – G♯m6 – E/G♯ (×2)
  i – bVI⁶ – i6 – bVI⁶
• F♯9sus4
  bVII9sus4

B Section 1

• Emaj9 – D♯m7♭5 – D♯m7♭5/G♯ – Emaj9 – D♯m7♭5 – D♯7sus4/G♯
  bVImaj9 – vø7 – vø7 (bass G♯) – bVImaj9 – vø7 – V7sus4 (bass G♯)
• G♯m – E/G♯ – G♯m6 – E/G♯ (×2)
  i – bVI⁶ – i6 – bVI⁶

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

• Emaj9 – D♯m7♭5 – D♯m7♭5/G♯ – Emaj9 – D♯m7♭5 – D♯7sus4/G♯ – C♯m6 – E7♯11 – B/A – G♯9sus4 – C♯m6 – D♯7♭9 – E6
  bVImaj9 – vø7 – vø7 (bass G♯) – bVImaj9 – vø7 – V7sus4 (bass G♯) – iv6 – bVI7#11 – bIII (bass A) – I9sus4 – iv6 – V7b9 – bVI6

C Section

• Am – F/A – Am6 – F/A (×2)
  bii – VI⁶ – bii6 – VI⁶
• G9sus4 – E7sus4
  bI9sus4 – bVI7sus4
• Am – F/A – Am6 – F/A (×2)
  bii – VI⁶ – bii6 – VI⁶
• G9sus4
  bI9sus4

D Section 1

• Fmaj9 – Em7♭5 – A9sus4
  VImaj9 – bviø7 – bII9sus4

D Section 2

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 3

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 4

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 5

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 6

• Fmaj9 – Em7♭5 – A9sus4 – Fmaj9
  VImaj9 – bviø7 – bII9sus4 – VImaj9

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
C♯m6	iv6	In the key	Intro, B Section
E7♯11	bVI7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, B Section
B/A	bIII (bass A)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, B Section
G♯9sus4	I9sus4	In the key	Intro, B Section
A♯m7♭5/D♯	iiø7 (bass D♯)	In the key	Intro
D♯7♭9	V7b9	In the key	Intro, B Section
G♯m	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section
E/G♯	bVI⁶	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
G♯m6	i6	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, B Section
F♯9sus4	bVII9sus4	In the key	A Section
D♯7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	A Section
Emaj9	bVImaj9	In the key	B Section
D♯m7♭5	vø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D♯m7♭5/G♯	vø7 (bass G♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D♯7sus4/G♯	V7sus4 (bass G♯)	In the key	B Section
E6	bVI6	In the key	B Section
Am	bii	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
F/A	VI⁶	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Am6	bii6	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
G9sus4	bI9sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
E7sus4	bVI7sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Fmaj9	VImaj9	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Em7♭5	bviø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
A9sus4	bII9sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Rocket Love” (credited “Wonder Stevie”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart.
• 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 “Rocket Love” (credited “Wonder Stevie”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 78%).
• 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.
• 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.
• 2 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.