You Are Too Beautiful by Richard Rodgers

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 19 · 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

• Fmaj7 – B♭7 – C6/E – Am7 – D7 – G7 – C6 – Em7 – A7
  IVmaj7 – bVII7 – I6 (bass E) – vi7 – II7 – V7 – I6 – iii7 – VI7

A Section 1

• Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – Dm7 – G7♭9 – Cmaj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – B♭7 – C6/E – Am7 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9
  ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – bVII7 – I6 (bass E) – vi7 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9

A Section 2

• Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – Dm7 – G7♭9 – Cmaj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – B♭7 – C6/E – Am7 – D7 – G7 – C6 – Gm7 – C7
  ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – bVII7 – I6 (bass E) – vi7 – II7 – V7 – I6 – v7 – I7

Bridge

• Fmaj7 – F♯dim7 – C6/G – A7♭9 – Dm7 – G7♭9 – Cmaj7 – Bm7♭5
  IVmaj7 – #iv°7 – I6 (bass G) – VI7b9 – ii7 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – viiø7
• E7♭9 – Am7 (×2)
  III7b9 – vi7
• D7 – Dm7 – Em7 – A7
  II7 – ii7 – iii7 – VI7

A Section 3

• Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – A7♭9 – Dm7 – G7♭9 – Cmaj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – B♭7 – C6/E – Am7 – D7 – G7 – C6 – Em7 – A7
  ii7 – V7 – iii7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – bVII7 – I6 (bass E) – vi7 – II7 – V7 – I6 – iii7 – VI7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Fmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
B♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from C minor	Intro, A Section
C6/E	I6 (bass E)	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
Am7	vi7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
D7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	Intro, A Section, Bridge
G7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section
C6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
Em7	iii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, Bridge
A7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, Bridge, A Section
Dm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
A7♭9	VI7b9	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	A Section, Bridge
G7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from C minor	A Section, Bridge
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Bridge
Gm7	v7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
C7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
F♯dim7	#iv°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
C6/G	I6 (bass G)	Home chord (tonic)	Bridge
Bm7♭5	viiø7	In the key	Bridge
E7♭9	III7b9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• B♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• G7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Gm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• D7 acts as V/V: it resolves to G7.
• A7♭9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Dm7.
• C7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Fmaj7.
• E7♭9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “You Are Too Beautiful” (credited “Rodgers Richard”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart.
• 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 “You Are Too Beautiful” (credited “Rodgers Richard”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 100%).
• 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.
• 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.