Spring Is Here by Richard Rodgers

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 27 · Sections: 4

Form: A Section → A Section → A 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

• A♭dim – A♭6 (×2)
  i° – I6
• Cm7♭5 – F7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – E♭7/D♭ – Cm7♭5 – F7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – E♭m7 – A♭7 – D♭maj7 – C7♯9 – Fm – Fmmaj7 – Fmmaj7/E – Fm7/E♭ – Dm7♭5 – Cdim – Bm7 – E7 – B♭m7 – E♭7
  iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – III7#9 – vi – vimaj7 – vimaj⁴₂ – vi⁴₂ – #ivø7 – iii° – #ii7 – #V7 – ii7 – V7

A Section 2

• A♭dim – A♭6 (×2)
  i° – I6
• Cm7♭5 – F7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – E♭7/D♭ – Cm7♭5 – F7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭6 – B♭m7 – Cm7 – D♭6 – E♭7 – Fm7 – E♭7/G – A♭6 – Bm7 – E7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – E♭7/D♭ – Cm7 – Fm7 – B♭m7 – E♭7♭9 – A♭6
  iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – ii7 – iii7 – IV6 – V7 – vi7 – V⁶₅ – I6 – #ii7 – #V7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7b9 – I6

A Section 3

• A♭dim – A♭6 (×2)
  i° – I6
• Cm7♭5 – F7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – E♭7/D♭ – Cm7♭5 – F7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭6 – B♭m7 – Cm7 – D♭6 – E♭7 – Fm7 – E♭7/G – A♭6 – Bm7 – E7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – E♭7/D♭ – Cm7 – Fm7 – B♭m7 – E♭7♭9
  iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – ii7 – iii7 – IV6 – V7 – vi7 – V⁶₅ – I6 – #ii7 – #V7 – ii7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7b9

Outro

• Cm7 – F7 – F7/E♭ – Dm7♭5 – D♭m6 – Cm7 – Fm7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭6
  iii7 – VI7 – VI⁴₂ – #ivø7 – iv6 – iii7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – I6

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
A♭dim	i°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A♭6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Outro
Cm7♭5	iiiø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
F7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	A Section, Outro
B♭m7	ii7	In the key	A Section, Outro
E♭7	V7	In the key	A Section, Outro
E♭7/D♭	V⁴₂	In the key	A Section
A♭maj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
E♭m7	v7	Borrowed from A♭ minor	A Section
A♭7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
D♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section
C7♯9	III7#9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	A Section
Fm	vi	In the key	A Section
Fmmaj7	vimaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fmmaj7/E	vimaj⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fm7/E♭	vi⁴₂	In the key	A Section
Dm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Outro
Cdim	iii°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Bm7	#ii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7	#V7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Cm7	iii7	In the key	A Section, Outro
D♭6	IV6	In the key	A Section
Fm7	vi7	In the key	A Section, Outro
E♭7/G	V⁶₅	In the key	A Section
E♭7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from A♭ minor	A Section
F7/E♭	VI⁴₂	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro
D♭m6	iv6	Borrowed from A♭ minor	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• E♭m7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• E♭7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• D♭m6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• F7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to B♭m7.
• A♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to D♭maj7.
• C7♯9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Fm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Spring Is Here - GH3K” (credited “Rodgers Richard”, 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 Is Here” (credited “Rodgers Richard”, 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 68%).
• 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.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.