Time by Pink Floyd

Overview

Key: F♯ minor · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 16

Form: Intro → Intro ×2 → Intro → A Section → B Section → C Section → C Section ×3 → B Section → A Section → B Section → Interlude → D Section → D 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

Intro 1

• E – F♯m7
  bVII – i7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 3

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 4

• E – F♯m7 – A – E – F♯m7
  bVII – i7 – bIII – bVII – i7

A Section 1

• F♯m7 – A – E (×2)
  i7 – bIII – bVII
• F♯m7
  i7

B Section 1

• Dmaj7 – Amaj7 (×2)
  bVImaj7 – bIIImaj7
• Dmaj7 – C♯m7 – Bm7 – E7
  bVImaj7 – v7 – iv7 – bVII7

C Section 1

• F♯m7 – A – E – F♯m7
  i7 – bIII – bVII – i7

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 3

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 4

Same chords as C Section 1.

B Section 2

• Dmaj7 – Amaj7 (×2)
  bVImaj7 – bIIImaj7
• Dmaj7 – C♯m7 – Bm7
  bVImaj7 – v7 – iv7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 3

• Dmaj7 – Amaj7 (×2)
  bVImaj7 – bIIImaj7
• Dmaj7 – C♯m7
  bVImaj7 – v7

Interlude

• Bm7 – B7♯9 – B7♭9
  iv7 – IV7#9 – IV7b9
• Em7 – A7 (×2)
  bvii7 – bIII7

D Section 1

• Em7 – A7 (×2)
  bvii7 – bIII7

D Section 2

• Em7 – A7 (×2)
  bvii7 – bIII7
• Cmaj7 – Bm7 – Fmaj7 – G7 – D7♯9 – D7♭9 – Bm7
  bVmaj7 – iv7 – bImaj7 – bII7 – bVI7#9 – bVI7b9 – iv7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
E	bVII	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
F♯m7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, C Section
A	bIII	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
Dmaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	B Section
Amaj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	B Section
C♯m7	v7	In the key	B Section
Bm7	iv7	In the key	B Section, Interlude, D Section
E7	bVII7	In the key	B Section
B7♯9	IV7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Interlude
B7♭9	IV7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Interlude
Em7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Interlude, D Section
A7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Interlude, D Section
Cmaj7	bVmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Fmaj7	bImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
G7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
D7♯9	bVI7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
D7♭9	bVI7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Time” (credited “Pink Floyd (Gilmour, Mason, Waters, White)”, style Rock) 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).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Time” (credited “Floyd Pink”, style Rock) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 73%).
• 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 D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.