Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most by Tommy Wolf

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 24 · Sections: 8

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → Outro

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

A Section 1

• Cmaj7 – B♭maj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – bVIImaj7
• Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – F♯m7♭5 – Fm7 – Em7 – Am7 – D7 – Dm7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – B♭maj7
  Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – #ivø7 – iv7 – iii7 – vi7 – II7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – bVIImaj7

A Section 2

• Cmaj7 – B♭maj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – bVIImaj7
• Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – F♯m7♭5 – Fm7 – Em7 – Am7 – D7 – Dm7 – G7 – Cmaj7
  Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – #ivø7 – iv7 – iii7 – vi7 – II7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7

B Section 1

• Gm7 – Cmaj7 (×4)
  v7 – Imaj7
• Cm7 – Fmaj7 (×2)
  i7 – IVmaj7
• F♯m7 – B7 – Emaj7 – Am7 – D7
  #iv7 – VII7 – IIImaj7 – vi7 – II7

C Section 1

• Gmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – B♭maj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – F♯m7♭5 – Fm7 – Em7 – Am7 – D7 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – Dm7 – G7
  Vmaj7 – IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – bVIImaj7 – Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – #ivø7 – iv7 – iii7 – vi7 – II7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – V7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

• Gmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – B♭maj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – F♯m7♭5 – Fm7
  Vmaj7 – IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – bVIImaj7 – Imaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – #ivø7 – iv7

Outro

• E♭m7 – A♭7 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9
  biii7 – bVI7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9
• Dm7 – Cmaj7 (×2)
  ii7 – Imaj7
• Bm7♭5 – E7♭9 – Am7 – D7 – Dm7 – B♭7 – Em7 – A7 – Dm7 – D♭maj7 – Cmaj7
  viiø7 – III7b9 – vi7 – II7 – ii7 – bVII7 – iii7 – VI7 – ii7 – bIImaj7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
B♭maj7	bVIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
Am7	vi7	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
Dm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, C Section, Outro
G7	V7	In the key	A Section, C Section, Outro
Em7	iii7	In the key	A Section, C Section, Outro
A7♭9	VI7b9	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	C Section, A Section, Outro
F♯m7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
Fm7	iv7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section, C Section
D7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section, C Section, Outro
Gm7	v7	Borrowed from C minor	B Section
Cm7	i7	Borrowed from C minor	B Section
Fmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	B Section, C Section
F♯m7	#iv7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B7	VII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Emaj7	IIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Gmaj7	Vmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
E♭m7	biii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
A♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
Bm7♭5	viiø7	In the key	Outro
E7♭9	III7b9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	Outro
B♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from C minor	Outro
A7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Outro
D♭maj7	bIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• Fm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Gm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Cm7 (i7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A7♭9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Dm7.
• E7♭9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am7.
• A7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Dm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” (credited “Wolf Tommy”, style Ballad) 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).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most” (credited “Wolf Tommy”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 94%).
• 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.
• The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.