What a Little Moonlight Can Do by Harry M. Woods

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 4

Form: A Section → B Section → C 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

A Section

• G6 – Bm7 – E7
  I6 – iii7 – VI7
• Am7 – D7 (×2)
  ii7 – V7
• Am7 – E7 – Am7 – D7 – G6 – Dm7 – G7
  ii7 – VI7 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – v7 – I7

B Section

• Cmaj7 – F9 – G6 – Am7 – Bm7 – E7 – A9 – Am7 – G♯dim7 – Am7 – B♭dim7
  IVmaj7 – bVII9 – I6 – ii7 – iii7 – VI7 – II9 – ii7 – #i°7 – ii7 – biii°7

C Section

• G6 – Bm7 – E7
  I6 – iii7 – VI7
• Am7 – D7 (×2)
  ii7 – V7
• Am7 – Am7/G – F♯m7♭5 – B7 – Em7 – E♭7 – Dm7♭5 – G7
  ii7 – ii⁴₂ – viiø7 – III7 – vi7 – bVI7 – vø7 – I7

D Section

• Cmaj7 – F9 – G6 – Am7 – Bm7
  IVmaj7 – bVII9 – I6 – ii7 – iii7
• E7 – Am7 (×2)
  VI7 – ii7
• D7 – G6 – Am7 – D7
  V7 – I6 – ii7 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F9 (bVII9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Am7.
• B7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “What A Little Moonlight Can Do” (credited “Woods Harry”, style Up Tempo Swing) 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: Wikifonia chord annotations (via ChoCo). Chord-symbol comparison with the community sheet "What A Little Moonlight Can Do", credited to Harry Woods. CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Song identity matched against Wikidata Q7991535 using title, page artist and sheet composer. In each chart's own key, root/major-minor vocabulary overlap is 100%, transition overlap 92%, and ordered chord-symbol agreement 92% (including extensions and bass notes, ignoring durations). This is not a recording check; shared original authorship cannot be ruled out, so this comparison does not change verification status.
• 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.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Not verified: a community sheet in another archive agrees closely, but shared original authorship cannot be ruled out. This is not independent verification or a check against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.