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Send My Love (To Your New Lover) by Adele

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 21 steps · 2 unique chords · 2010s

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
IntroStep 1 of 21

D

LeftD2, A2RightA3, D4, F♯4
C4D2A2A3D4F♯4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

No source cited for this step

Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 2 · Sections: 19

Form: Intro → Verse → A Section → Pre-Chorus → B Section → Chorus → C Section → A Section → Pre-Chorus → B Section → Chorus → C Section → D Section → Pre-Chorus → B Section → C Section → C Section ×2 → C 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

  • D – Bm
    I – vi

Verse

  • Bm
    vi

A Section 1

  • D – Bm (×2)
    I – vi

Pre-Chorus 1

  • Bm
    vi

B Section 1

  • D – Bm
    I – vi

Chorus 1

  • Bm
    vi

C Section 1

  • D – Bm (×2)
    I – vi
  • D
    I

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

C Section 2

  • D – Bm (×3)
    I – vi

D Section

  • D – Bm
    I – vi

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 3

  • D – Bm
    I – vi

C Section 4

Same chords as C Section 3.

C Section 5

Same chords as C Section 3.

C Section 6

  • D – Bm – D
    I – vi – I

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
DIHome chord (tonic)Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section
BmviIn the keyIntro, Verse, A Section, Pre-Chorus, B Section, Chorus, C Section, D Section

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (Gig)” (credited “Adele”, style Reggaeton) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (Gig)” (credited “Adele”, style Reggaeton) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1IntroDD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
2IntroBmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
3VerseBmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
4A Section 1 (×2)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
5A Section 1 (×2)BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
6Pre-Chorus 1BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
7B Section 1DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
8B Section 1BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
9Chorus 1BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
10C Section 1, part 1 (×2)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
11C Section 1, part 1 (×2)BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
12C Section 1, part 2DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
13C Section 2 (×3)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
14C Section 2 (×3)BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
15D SectionDD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
16D SectionBmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
17C Section 3DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
18C Section 3BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
19C Section 6DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
20C Section 6BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
21C Section 6DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—