Your Love Is King by Sade

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 5 · Sections: 18

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → B Section → A Section → B Section → D Section → D Section → A Section → B Section → Solo → D Section ×2 → B Section → A Section → Intro → Intro → Intro

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 1

• Amaj7 – Dmaj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• Amaj7 – Dmaj7 (×3)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7

B Section 1

• Bm – C♯m – Dmaj7 – C♯m – Bm – C♯m – Dmaj7
  ii – iii – IVmaj7 – iii – ii – iii – IVmaj7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

D Section 1

• Amaj7 – Dmaj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7

D Section 2

Same chords as D Section 1.

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

Solo

• Dmaj7
  IVmaj7

D Section 3

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 4

Same chords as D Section 1.

B Section 4

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 4

• Amaj7 – Dmaj7 (×3)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7
• Bm – C♯m – Dmaj7 – E7
  ii – iii – IVmaj7 – V7

Intro 3

• Amaj7 – Dmaj7
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7

Intro 4

Same chords as Intro 3.

Intro 5

• Amaj7 – Dmaj7 – Amaj7 – E7
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – Imaj7 – V7
• Amaj7 – Dmaj7 (×3)
  Imaj7 – IVmaj7
• Bm – C♯m – Dmaj7 – C♯m – Bm – C♯m – Dmaj7 – E7 – Amaj7
  ii – iii – IVmaj7 – iii – ii – iii – IVmaj7 – V7 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Amaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, D Section
Dmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, D Section, Solo
Bm	ii	In the key	B Section, A Section, Intro
C♯m	iii	In the key	B Section, A Section, Intro
E7	V7	In the key	A Section, Intro

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Your Love Is King ( Live )” (credited “Sade”, 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 “Your Love Is King” (credited “Sade”, style PopShuffle) 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 90%).
• 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.