Stoned Love by The Supremes
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 17 steps · 5 unique chords · 1970s
D
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 7
Form: Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Chorus
Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). 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
Chorus 1
- D – Bm – Em (×2)
I – vi – ii - D
I
Verse 1
- D – Bm – Em (×3)
I – vi – ii - D
I
Chorus 2
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Verse 2
- D – Bm – Em (×4)
I – vi – ii
Chorus 3
Same chords as Chorus 1.
Bridge
- F♯m – Dmaj7 – Em (×2)
iii – Imaj7 – ii
Chorus 4
- D – Bm – Em (×5)
I – vi – ii
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | I | Home chord (tonic) | Chorus, Verse |
| Bm | vi | In the key | Chorus, Verse |
| Em | ii | In the key | Chorus, Verse, Bridge |
| F♯m | iii | In the key | Bridge |
| Dmaj7 | Imaj7 | Home chord (tonic) | Bridge |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0649, CC0), 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.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0649, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 2 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | Bm | B1, F♯2 | B3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | Em | E2, B2 | B3, E4, G4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1, part 2 | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 5 | Verse 1, part 1 (×3) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 6 | Verse 1, part 1 (×3) | Bm | B1, F♯2 | B3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 7 | Verse 1, part 1 (×3) | Em | E2, B2 | B3, E4, G4 | — |
| 8 | Verse 1, part 2 | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 9 | Verse 2 (×4) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 10 | Verse 2 (×4) | Bm | B1, F♯2 | B3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 11 | Verse 2 (×4) | Em | E2, B2 | B3, E4, G4 | — |
| 12 | Bridge (×2) | F♯m | F♯2, C♯3 | A3, C♯4, F♯4 | — |
| 13 | Bridge (×2) | Dmaj7 | D2, A2 | A3, C♯4, F♯4 | — |
| 14 | Bridge (×2) | Em | E2, B2 | B3, E4, G4 | — |
| 15 | Chorus 4 (×5) | D | D2, A2 | A3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 16 | Chorus 4 (×5) | Bm | B1, F♯2 | B3, D4, F♯4 | — |
| 17 | Chorus 4 (×5) | Em | E2, B2 | B3, E4, G4 | — |