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Sunday Mornin' by Grant Green

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 22 steps · 12 unique chords

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
A Section, part 1 (×3)Step 1 of 22

F7

LeftF2, C3RightC4, E♭4, A4
F2C3C4A4E♭4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

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Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 3

Form: A Section → B Section → C 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

A Section

  • F7 – B♭7 (×3)
    I7 – IV7
  • E♭7
    bVII7
  • B♭7 – F7 (×2)
    IV7 – I7

B Section

  • F7 – A – A7 – Dm7 – Cm7 – B♭ – B♭7 – Bdim
    I7 – III – III7 – vi7 – v7 – IV – IV7 – #iv°

C Section

  • F7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – B♭/C – F7 – F7/A – B♭ – Bdim – B♭/C
    I7 – vi7 – ii7 – IV (bass C) – I7 – I⁶₅ – IV – #iv° – IV (bass C)

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
F7I7Outside the key (chromatic)A Section, B Section, C Section
B♭7IV7Outside the key (chromatic)A Section, B Section
E♭7bVII7Borrowed from F minorA Section
AIIIOutside the key (chromatic)B Section
A7III7Secondary dominant (V/vi)B Section
Dm7vi7In the keyB Section, C Section
Cm7v7Borrowed from F minorB Section
B♭IVIn the keyB Section, C Section
Bdim#iv°Outside the key (chromatic)B Section, C Section
Gm7ii7In the keyC Section
B♭/CIV (bass C)In the keyC Section
F7/AI⁶₅Secondary dominant (V/IV)C Section

Harmonic highlights

  • E♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
  • Cm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
  • A7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm7.
  • F7/A acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭.

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Sunday Mornin'” (credited “Green Grant”, style Gospel) 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).
  • 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.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “Sunday Mornin'” (credited “Green Grant”, style Gospel) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1A Section, part 1 (×3)F7F2, C3C4, E♭4, A4—
2A Section, part 1 (×3)B♭7B♭2, F3D4, F4, A♭4—
3A Section, part 2E♭7E♭2, B♭2D♭4, G4, B♭4—
4A Section, part 3 (×2)B♭7B♭2, F3D4, F4, A♭4—
5A Section, part 3 (×2)F7F2, C3C4, E♭4, A4—
6B SectionF7F2, C3C4, E♭4, A4—
7B SectionAA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
8B SectionA7A2, E3C♯4, E4, G4—
9B SectionDm7D2, A2C4, F4, A4—
10B SectionCm7C2, G2B♭3, E♭4, G4—
11B SectionB♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
12B SectionB♭7B♭2, F3A♭3, D4, F4—
13B SectionBdimB1, B2B3, D4, F4—
14C SectionF7F2, C3C4, E♭4, A4—
15C SectionDm7D2, A2C4, F4, A4—
16C SectionGm7G2, D3D4, F4, B♭4—
17C SectionB♭/CC2D4, F4, B♭4—
18C SectionF7F2, C3C4, E♭4, A4—
19C SectionF7/AA2C4, E♭4, F4, A4—
20C SectionB♭B♭2, F3D4, F4, B♭4—
21C SectionBdimB1, B2D4, F4, B4—
22C SectionB♭/CC2D4, F4, B♭4—