When Sunny Gets Blue by Marvin Fisher

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 22 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → Bridge → A 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

• B♭m7♭5 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7/A – A♭m7 – D♭7 – Gm7 – C7 – B♭7 – Am7 – D7
  ivø7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj⁶₅ – biii7 – bVI7 – ii7 – V7 – IV7 – iii7 – VI7

A Section 1

• Gm7 – C7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – Am7 – D7 – Bm7♭5 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7/A – A♭m7 – D♭7 – Gm7 – C7 – B♭7 – Am7 – D7♭9
  ii7 – V7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – VI7 – #ivø7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj⁶₅ – biii7 – bVI7 – ii7 – V7 – IV7 – iii7 – VI7b9

A Section 2

• Gm7 – C7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – Am7 – D7 – Bm7♭5 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7/A – A♭m7 – D♭7 – Gm7 – C7 – B♭7 – Em7 – A7♭9
  ii7 – V7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – VI7 – #ivø7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj⁶₅ – biii7 – bVI7 – ii7 – V7 – IV7 – vii7 – III7b9

Bridge

• Dmaj7 – Em7 – F♯m7 – B7♯9 – Em7 – A7♭9 – Dmaj7 – Dm7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Dm7 – G7 – Gm7 – C7
  VImaj7 – vii7 – #i7 – #IV7#9 – vii7 – III7b9 – VImaj7 – vi7 – II7 – Vmaj7 – iii7 – Imaj7 – vi7 – II7 – ii7 – V7

A Section 3

• Gm7 – C7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7 – Gm7 – Am7 – D7 – Bm7♭5 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7/A – A♭m7 – D♭7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7
  ii7 – V7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj7 – ii7 – iii7 – VI7 – #ivø7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj⁶₅ – biii7 – bVI7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
B♭m7♭5	ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
B♭m7	iv7	Borrowed from F minor	Intro, A Section
E♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from F minor	Intro, A Section
Fmaj7/A	Imaj⁶₅	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
A♭m7	biii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
D♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
Gm7	ii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
C7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
B♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
Am7	iii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
D7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Bridge
Bm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D7♭9	VI7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Em7	vii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
A7♭9	III7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
Dmaj7	VImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
F♯m7	#i7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
B7♯9	#IV7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Dm7	vi7	In the key	Bridge
G7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Cmaj7	Vmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• E♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “When Sunny Gets Blue” (credited “Fisher Marvin”, style Ballad) 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 “When Sunny Gets Blue-Rev JE” (credited “Fisher Marvin”, style Ballad) 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 66%).
• 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.
• 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.