Stay - Rhianna Reharmonisation

Below is the music video for "Stay" by Rhianna.  The song is in 4/4 and is based on the same four chords: C Dm Am F, with the occasional G/Em thrown in.

Here is the song:

Below is the reharmonised chord chart:

Cmaj9 Dm7 Am7

Em7 Dm7 Am7

Cmaj9 Dm7-G b9 #13 Cmaj7

Am11 Abdim7 Am7

Cmaj9 Dm7 Cmaj7

Cmaj7 Dm7b5 G7 Am7

Fmaj7 Dm9 Am7

Atritone D b9 #13 G7

Ch

Cmaj7 Dmin7 Am7 F

Em7 Atriton Dm7 G7tritone sub

Cmaj7 Dm7 Am7 Bb/F 

Am7 D7 Dm7-G7 

Cmaj7 Dm7 Am7 

Fmaj7 Am7 D7 E7

Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Dm7 

Dm7 E7#9#5 Am7 

Fmaj7 Dmin7 Gtritone

Less rules were added here than one would think - for this song I simply added a number of ii-Vs and reharmonised them using tritone substitution, as detailed in previous blog posts.  Some chords were substituted for others - chords that are in the similar key and share a similar tonality.  In this case melody notes that were guide tones (like the 3rd of 7th) became extended chord tones, like 11th and 13th, etc.

I'll be uploading a recorded version of this with a singer singing the original melody soon.

J