So Far Away by Carole King

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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

Intro

• Dmaj9 – Gmaj7 (×4)
  Imaj9 – IVmaj7

Chorus 1

• Dmaj9 – D6 (×2)
  Imaj9 – I6
• Gmaj7 – G6 – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj7 – G/D – Dmaj7 – Gmaj7 – F♯m7 – Em7 – G/A
  IVmaj7 – IV6 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – IV (bass A)

Chorus 2

• Dmaj9 – D6 (×2)
  Imaj9 – I6
• Gmaj7 – G6 – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj7 – G/D – Dmaj7 – Gmaj7 – F♯m7 – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj9 – D6 – Dmaj9 – D – A/C♯
  IVmaj7 – IV6 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj9 – I6 – Imaj9 – I – V⁶

Bridge 1

• Bm – A6 – G – D/F♯ – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj7 – F♯m – F♯m7 – Em7 – G/A – Bm – G/E – G/A
  vi – V6 – IV – I⁶ – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – iii – iii7 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – vi – IV (bass E) – IV (bass A)

Chorus 3

• Dmaj9 – D6 (×2)
  Imaj9 – I6
• Gmaj7 – G6 – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj7 – G/D – Dmaj7 – Gmaj7 – F♯m7 – Em7 – G/A
  IVmaj7 – IV6 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – IV (bass A)
• Dmaj9 – D6 (×2)
  Imaj9 – I6
• Gmaj7 – G6 – Em7 – G/A
  IVmaj7 – IV6 – ii7 – IV (bass A)

Bridge 2

• G – A6 – G/A – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj7 – F♯m7 – Em7 – G/A – Bm – Em7 – G/A
  IV – V6 – IV (bass A) – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – vi – ii7 – IV (bass A)

Chorus 4

• Dmaj9 – D6 (×2)
  Imaj9 – I6
• Gmaj7 – G6 – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj7 – G/D – Dmaj7 – Gmaj7 – F♯m7 – Em7 – G/A – Dmaj9 – D6 – Dmaj7 – D6 – Gmaj7 – G6 – Em7 – G/A
  IVmaj7 – IV6 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj9 – I6 – Imaj7 – I6 – IVmaj7 – IV6 – ii7 – IV (bass A)

Outro

• Dmaj9 – D6 (×2)
  Imaj9 – I6
• Gmaj7 – G6
  IVmaj7 – IV6
• Em7 – G/A – Dmaj9 – D6 – Dmaj9 – D6 – Gmaj7 (×3)
  ii7 – IV (bass A) – Imaj9 – I6 – Imaj9 – I6 – IVmaj7

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.