Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 7

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → B Section → A Section → Outro

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

• C – F6/C (×2)
  I – IV6 (bass C)
• C – F – F6 – Fmaj7 – G7sus4
  I – IV – IV6 – IVmaj7 – V7sus4

A Section 1

• C – F6/C (×2)
  I – IV6 (bass C)
• C – F – F6 – Fmaj7 – Gsus4 – G7
  I – IV – IV6 – IVmaj7 – Vsus4 – V7
• C – F6/C (×2)
  I – IV6 (bass C)
• C – G7sus4 – G7 – Bm11 – E7 – Am – Am7/G – Fadd9 – G7sus4 – F/C – C – G7sus4
  I – V7sus4 – V7 – vii11 – III7 – vi – vi⁴₂ – IVadd9 – V7sus4 – IV⁶₄ – I – V7sus4

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• F – Em7 – F – F/G – C
  IV – iii7 – IV – IV (bass G) – I

B Section 2

• F – Em7 – Am – D7 – G7sus4
  IV – iii7 – vi – II7 – V7sus4

A Section 3

• C – F6/C (×2)
  I – IV6 (bass C)
• C – F – F6 – Fmaj7 – Gsus4 – G7
  I – IV – IV6 – IVmaj7 – Vsus4 – V7
• C – F6/C (×2)
  I – IV6 (bass C)
• C – G7sus4 – G7 – Bm11 – E7 – Am – Am7/G – Fadd9 – G7sus4
  I – V7sus4 – V7 – vii11 – III7 – vi – vi⁴₂ – IVadd9 – V7sus4

Outro

• F/C – C – Fmaj7 – G7sus4 – F/C – Cmaj7 – C
  IV⁶₄ – I – IVmaj7 – V7sus4 – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – I
• Fmaj7 – G7sus4 – Cmaj7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – V7sus4 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
C	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, Outro
F6/C	IV6 (bass C)	In the key	Intro, A Section
F	IV	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
F6	IV6	In the key	Intro, A Section
Fmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Outro
G7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, Outro
Gsus4	Vsus4	In the key	A Section
G7	V7	In the key	A Section
Bm11	vii11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7	III7	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	A Section
Am	vi	In the key	A Section, B Section
Am7/G	vi⁴₂	In the key	A Section
Fadd9	IVadd9	In the key	A Section
F/C	IV⁶₄	In the key	A Section, Outro
Em7	iii7	In the key	B Section
F/G	IV (bass G)	In the key	B Section
D7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	B Section
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• E7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am.
• D7 acts as V/V: it resolves to G7sus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” (credited “King Carole”, style Pop) 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 “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Beloff arr.)” (credited “Carole King, Gerry Goffin”, style Moderately) 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 69%).
• 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.