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That's Right by George Benson

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 13 steps · 8 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 SectionStep 1 of 13

Dm9

LeftD2, A2RightC4, E4, F4, A4
D2A2C4E4F4A4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

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Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 8 · 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

  • Dm9
    i9

B Section

  • D♯m9 – Dm9
    #i9 – i9

C Section

  • Fmaj9 – B♭maj7 – A♭maj7 – Fm9 – B♭13 – Fmaj9 – B♭maj7 – A♭maj7 – A7 – Dm9
    bIIImaj9 – bVImaj7 – bVmaj7 – biii9 – bVI13 – bIIImaj9 – bVImaj7 – bVmaj7 – V7 – i9

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
Dm9i9Home chord (tonic)A Section, B Section, C Section
D♯m9#i9Outside the key (chromatic)B Section
Fmaj9bIIImaj9In the keyC Section
B♭maj7bVImaj7In the keyC Section
A♭maj7bVmaj7Outside the key (chromatic)C Section
Fm9biii9Outside the key (chromatic)C Section
B♭13bVI13Outside the key (chromatic)C Section
A7V7In the keyC Section

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “That's Right” (credited “Benson George”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
  • Section names: the chart has no section markings, so sections were detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases).
  • 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 key setting didn't fit its chords (it was probably left at a default), so the key shown here was worked out from the chords.
  • About the song: Wikipedia.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • 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.

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 “That's Right” (credited “Benson George”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1A SectionDm9D2, A2C4, E4, F4, A4—
2B SectionD♯m9D♯2, A♯2C♯4, E♯4, F♯4, A♯4—
3B SectionDm9D2, A2C4, E4, F4, A4—
4C SectionFmaj9F2, C3C4, E4, G4, A4—
5C SectionB♭maj7B♭2, F3D4, F4, A4—
6C SectionA♭maj7A♭2, E♭3C4, E♭4, G4—
7C SectionFm9F2, C3C4, E♭4, G4, A♭4—
8C SectionB♭13B♭2, F3C4, D4, G4, A♭4—
9C SectionFmaj9F2, C3C4, E4, G4, A4—
10C SectionB♭maj7B♭2, F3D4, F4, A4—
11C SectionA♭maj7A♭2, E♭3C4, E♭4, G4—
12C SectionA7A2, E3C♯4, E4, G4—
13C SectionDm9D2, A2C4, E4, F4, A4—