That's the Way I Feel About Cha by Bobby Womack

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → 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

• Gmaj7 – D6 – Gmaj7 – D6/F♯ – Em7 – A7sus4 – Dmaj7 – Em7 – A7
  IVmaj7 – I6 – IVmaj7 – I6 (bass F♯) – ii7 – V7sus4 – Imaj7 – ii7 – V7

Verse 1

• Gmaj7 – D6 – Gmaj7 – D6/F♯ – Em7 – A7sus4 – Dmaj7 – Em7 – A7 (×4)
  IVmaj7 – I6 – IVmaj7 – I6 (bass F♯) – ii7 – V7sus4 – Imaj7 – ii7 – V7

Chorus 1

• G/A – Dmaj7 – A7 – Bm7 – Em7 – A7 – D6 – A7/C♯ – Bm7 – F♯ – Bm9 – E7 – Gmaj7 – Bm7 – Em7 – F♯ – Bm9 – E7 – Gmaj7 – G/A
  IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – V7 – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – V⁶₅ – vi7 – III – vi9 – II7 – IVmaj7 – vi7 – ii7 – III – vi9 – II7 – IVmaj7 – IV (bass A)

Verse 2

• Gmaj7 – D6 – Gmaj7 – D6/F♯ – Em7 – A7sus4 – Dmaj7 – Em7 – A7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – I6 – IVmaj7 – I6 (bass F♯) – ii7 – V7sus4 – Imaj7 – ii7 – V7

Chorus 2

• G/A – Dmaj7 – A7
  IV (bass A) – Imaj7 – V7
• Bm7 – Em7 – G – A7 – D6 – A7/C♯ (×4)
  vi7 – ii7 – IV – V7 – I6 – V⁶₅
• Bm7
  vi7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F♯ acts as V/vi: it resolves to Bm9.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0297, 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.