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Sing Me Back Home by Merle Haggard

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 36 steps · 5 unique chords

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.
Intro, part 1 (×4)Step 1 of 36

A

LeftA2, E3RightC♯4, E4, A4
C4A2E3E4A4C♯4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

No source cited for this step

Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

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

Form: Intro → A Section → B Section → A Section → B 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

  • A – Asus4 (×4)
    I – Isus4
  • A
    I

A Section 1

  • A – E – D – A – Asus4 – A – E7 – A – E – D – A – E7 – A
    I – V – IV – I – Isus4 – I – V7 – I – V – IV – I – V7 – I

B Section 1

  • A – E – D – A – E7 (×2)
    I – V – IV – I – V7
  • A – Asus4 (×2)
    I – Isus4
  • A
    I

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

  • A – E – D – A – E7 (×2)
    I – V – IV – I – V7
  • A – Asus4 (×2)
    I – Isus4
  • A – E7
    I – V7
  • A – Asus4 (×3)
    I – Isus4
  • A
    I

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
AIHome chord (tonic)Intro, A Section, B Section
Asus4Isus4Home chord (tonic)Intro, A Section, B Section
EVIn the keyA Section, B Section
DIVIn the keyA Section, B Section
E7V7In the keyA Section, B Section

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Sing Me Back Home” (credited “Haggard Merle”, style Country) 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).
  • 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 “Sing Me Back Home” (credited “Haggard Merle”, style Country) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1Intro, part 1 (×4)AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
2Intro, part 1 (×4)Asus4A2, E3D4, E4, A4—
3Intro, part 2AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
4A Section 1AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
5A Section 1EE2, B2B3, E4, G♯4—
6A Section 1DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
7A Section 1AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
8A Section 1Asus4A2, E3A3, D4, E4—
9A Section 1AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
10A Section 1E7E2, B2G♯3, B3, D4—
11A Section 1AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
12A Section 1EE2, B2G♯3, B3, E4—
13A Section 1DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
14A Section 1AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
15A Section 1E7E2, B2G♯3, B3, D4—
16A Section 1AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
17B Section 1, part 1 (×2)AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
18B Section 1, part 1 (×2)EE2, B2G♯3, B3, E4—
19B Section 1, part 1 (×2)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
20B Section 1, part 1 (×2)AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
21B Section 1, part 1 (×2)E7E2, B2G♯3, B3, D4—
22B Section 1, part 2 (×2)AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
23B Section 1, part 2 (×2)Asus4A2, E3A3, D4, E4—
24B Section 1, part 3AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
25B Section 2, part 1 (×2)AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
26B Section 2, part 1 (×2)EE2, B2G♯3, B3, E4—
27B Section 2, part 1 (×2)DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
28B Section 2, part 1 (×2)AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
29B Section 2, part 1 (×2)E7E2, B2G♯3, B3, D4—
30B Section 2, part 2 (×2)AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
31B Section 2, part 2 (×2)Asus4A2, E3A3, D4, E4—
32B Section 2, part 3AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
33B Section 2, part 3E7E2, B2G♯3, B3, D4—
34B Section 2, part 4 (×3)AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—
35B Section 2, part 4 (×3)Asus4A2, E3A3, D4, E4—
36B Section 2, part 5AA2, E3A3, C♯4, E4—