Unforgettable by Dinah Washington

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 22 · Sections: 3

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse

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

• C – Am – Dm7 – G7 – C – A7 – Dm7 – G9
  V – iii – vi7 – II7 – V – III7 – vi7 – II9

Verse 1

• Cmaj7 – Baug – C – E♭dim – Fmaj7 – D7 – D7sus4/E – Dm7♭5/F – D7/F♯ – B♭ – B♭m – F – Cm6 – D7 – G9 – F♯7 – G7
  Vmaj7 – #IV+ – V – bvii° – Imaj7 – VI7 – VI7sus4 (bass E) – viø⁶₅ – VI⁶₅ – IV – iv – I – v6 – VI7 – II9 – #I7 – II7

Verse 2

• Cmaj7 – Baug – C – E♭dim – Fmaj7 – D7 – D7sus4/E – Dm7♭5/F – D7/F♯ – B♭ – B♭m – F – Cm6 – D7 – G9 – C9sus4 – C7 – Fmaj7 – D9 – G7 – C7 – F
  Vmaj7 – #IV+ – V – bvii° – Imaj7 – VI7 – VI7sus4 (bass E) – viø⁶₅ – VI⁶₅ – IV – iv – I – v6 – VI7 – II9 – V9sus4 – V7 – Imaj7 – VI9 – II7 – V7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• G7 acts as V/V: it resolves to C.
• A7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm7.
• G9 acts as V/V: it resolves to C9sus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0192, 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.