She's a Lady by Tom Jones

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → 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.

Key changes

• Bridge moves to B♭ major.
• Verse 3 moves to D major.

Section by section

Intro

• Em
  ii

Verse 1

• Em – Dmaj7 (×2)
  ii – Imaj7

Chorus 1

• Em – A9sus4 – Dmaj7 – Em – A9sus4 – Bm
  ii – V9sus4 – Imaj7 – ii – V9sus4 – vi

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• B♭ – F/A – E♭ (×4)
  I – V⁶ – IV
• G – A
  VI – VII

Verse 3

• Em – A9sus4 – Dmaj7 – Em – A9sus4 – Bm
  ii – V9sus4 – Imaj7 – ii – V9sus4 – vi

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• Em – A9sus4 – Dmaj7 (×2)
  ii – V9sus4 – Imaj7
• Em – A9sus4 – Bm
  ii – V9sus4 – vi

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0210, 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.