That Girl by Stevie Wonder

Overview

Key: A♭ minor · Chords used: 27 · Sections: 17

Form: Intro → Instrumental → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus ×4 → 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

Intro

• A♭m – E♭7♯9
  i – V7#9

Instrumental

• A♭m9 – A♭m6 – A♭m – D♭m9 – A♭m7 (×2)
  i9 – i6 – i – iv9 – i7

Verse 1

• A♭m9 – A♭m6 – A♭m – D♭m9 – A♭m7 (×2)
  i9 – i6 – i – iv9 – i7

Pre-Chorus 1

• G♭ – D♭m7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭m9 – Gmaj7/A – Dmaj9 – Gmaj9 – C/F♯ – D/F♯ – E/G♯
  bVII – iv7 – ii7 – V7 – i9 – VIImaj7 (bass A) – #IVmaj9 – VIImaj9 – III (bass F♯) – #IV⁶ – #V⁶

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 1

• E♭m/D♭ – D♭6/A♭ – D♭7sus4 – G♭maj7/A♭ – Am6 (×2)
  v (bass D♭) – IV6 (bass A♭) – IV7sus4 – bVIImaj7 (bass A♭) – #i6

Bridge

• D♭m9 – B♭m7♭5 – E♭7♯9
  iv9 – iiø7 – V7#9
• D♭m7♭5 – Em7/B – D♭m7♭5 – Em7/B – A♭7sus4 (×2)
  ivø7 – #v⁴₃ – ivø7 – #v⁴₃ – I7sus4
• B♭7sus4 – A13
  II7sus4 – #I13

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 4

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 6

• E♭m/D♭ – D♭6/A♭ – D♭7sus4 – G♭maj7/A♭ – Am6 – E♭m/D♭ – D♭6/A♭ – D♭7sus4
  v (bass D♭) – IV6 (bass A♭) – IV7sus4 – bVIImaj7 (bass A♭) – #i6 – v (bass D♭) – IV6 (bass A♭) – IV7sus4

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ major.
• D♭6/A♭ (IV6 (bass A♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ major.
• B♭7sus4 (II7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0683, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 15 chords were 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.