Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → A Section → A Section → A 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 – A/C♯ – D – D/D♯ – A/E – A/C♯ – E/B – E – E/F♯ – E/G♯
  I – I⁶ – IV – IV (bass D♯) – I⁶₄ – I⁶ – V⁶₄ – V – V (bass F♯) – V⁶

A Section 1

• A – E – E/C♯ – B – E – A – A/B – A/C♯ – D – A – B7 – E7 – E7/F♯ – E7/G♯
  I – V – V (bass C♯) – II – V – I – I (bass B) – I⁶ – IV – I – II7 – V7 – V7 (bass F♯) – V⁶₅

A Section 2

• A – E – E/C♯ – B – E – A – A/B – A/C♯ – D – A – D – A/E – E7 – A – D – A – E
  I – V – V (bass C♯) – II – V – I – I (bass B) – I⁶ – IV – I – IV – I⁶₄ – V7 – I – IV – I – V

A Section 3

• A – C♯7 – D – C♯ – B – A – F♯7 – F♯7/C♯ – B7 – E – E/F♯ – E/G♯
  I – III7 – IV – III – II – I – VI7 – VI⁴₃ – II7 – V – V (bass F♯) – V⁶

A Section 4

• A – C♯7 – D – C♯ – B – A – E7 – C♯ – F♯7 – D – E – A – D – A – E
  I – III7 – IV – III – II – I – V7 – III – VI7 – IV – V – I – IV – I – V

A Section 5

• A – C♯7 – D – C♯ – B – A – E7 – C♯ – F♯7 – D – E – A – D – A/C♯ – A/B – A/E – A
  I – III7 – IV – III – II – I – V7 – III – VI7 – IV – V – I – IV – I⁶ – I (bass B) – I⁶₄ – I

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
A	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
A/C♯	I⁶	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
D	IV	In the key	Intro, A Section
D/D♯	IV (bass D♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
A/E	I⁶₄	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
E/B	V⁶₄	In the key	Intro
E	V	In the key	Intro, A Section
E/F♯	V (bass F♯)	In the key	Intro, A Section
E/G♯	V⁶	In the key	Intro, A Section
E/C♯	V (bass C♯)	In the key	A Section
B	II	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section
A/B	I (bass B)	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
B7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section
E7	V7	In the key	A Section
E7/F♯	V7 (bass F♯)	In the key	A Section
E7/G♯	V⁶₅	In the key	A Section
C♯7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C♯	III	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
F♯7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
F♯7/C♯	VI⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• B acts as V/V: it resolves to E.
• B7 acts as V/V: it resolves to E7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Stand by your man” (credited “Wynette Tammy”, style Pop Rock) 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 “Stand By Your Man” (credited “Tammy Wynette- Billy Sherrill”, style Country) 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 67%).
• 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.
• 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.