Anos Dourados by Antônio Carlos Jobim

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 44 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → A Section → B Section → A Section → C Section → D 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

• Gmaj7 – Em9 – Am7 – D7♭9 (×2)
  Imaj7 – vi9 – ii7 – V7b9

A Section 1

• Gmaj7 – Em9 – A13 – Aaug7 – D9sus4 – D7♭9 – Gmaj7 – Em9 – Am7 – D7♭9 – Gmaj7 – Em9 – Am9 – D9 – G9sus4 – G7♭9
  Imaj7 – vi9 – II13 – II+7 – V9sus4 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – vi9 – ii7 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – vi9 – ii9 – V9 – I9sus4 – I7b9

B Section

• C69 – C♯m7♭5 – F♯aug7 – Bm7 – C♯m7 – F♯aug7 – Bm7 – Bm7/A – C♯7/G♯ – C♯7/G – F♯aug7
  IV69 – #ivø7 – VII+7 – iii7 – #iv7 – VII+7 – iii7 – iii⁴₂ – #IV⁴₃ – #IV7 (bass G) – VII+7

A Section 2

• Gmaj7 – Em9 – A13 – Aaug7 – D9sus4 – D7♭9 – Gmaj7 – Em9 – Am7 – D7♭9 – Gmaj7 – Em9 – Am9 – D9 – G9sus4 – G7♭9 – B13 – E7♯9 – A13 – D7♭9
  Imaj7 – vi9 – II13 – II+7 – V9sus4 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – vi9 – ii7 – V7b9 – Imaj7 – vi9 – ii9 – V9 – I9sus4 – I7b9 – III13 – VI7#9 – II13 – V7b9

C Section

• C69 – B9sus4 – B7♭9 – Emmaj7 – Emadd9 – E♭6 – Gmaj7 – Em9 – A13 – Aaug7 – D9sus4 – D7♭9 – B13 – B7 – E7♭9 – A13 – Aaug7 – Am7 – D7♭9
  IV69 – III9sus4 – III7b9 – vimaj7 – viadd9 – bVI6 – Imaj7 – vi9 – II13 – II+7 – V9sus4 – V7b9 – III13 – III7 – VI7b9 – II13 – II+7 – ii7 – V7b9

D Section

• Fm9 – B♭13 – E♭69 – Cm7 – F13 – Faug7 – B♭9sus4 – E♭maj7♯5 – Cm9 – Fm7 – B♭13 – E♭maj7 – Cm9 – Fm7 – B♭13 – E♭9sus4 – D9sus4 – Fm9 – B♭13 – E♭maj7 – Csus4/A♭ – D13 – D7♯9 – G6
  bvii9 – bIII13 – bVI69 – iv7 – bVII13 – bVII+7 – bIII9sus4 – bVImaj7#5 – iv9 – bvii7 – bIII13 – bVImaj7 – iv9 – bvii7 – bIII13 – bVI9sus4 – V9sus4 – bvii9 – bIII13 – bVImaj7 – IVsus4 (bass A♭) – V13 – V7#9 – I6

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, C Section
Em9	vi9	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
Am7	ii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
D7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from G minor	Intro, A Section, C Section
A13	II13	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
Aaug7	II+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
D9sus4	V9sus4	In the key	A Section, C Section, D Section
Am9	ii9	In the key	A Section
D9	V9	In the key	A Section
G9sus4	I9sus4	Borrowed from G minor	A Section
G7♭9	I7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C69	IV69	In the key	B Section, C Section
C♯m7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
F♯aug7	VII+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Bm7	iii7	In the key	B Section
C♯m7	#iv7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Bm7/A	iii⁴₂	In the key	B Section
C♯7/G♯	#IV⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
C♯7/G	#IV7 (bass G)	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B13	III13	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
E7♯9	VI7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B9sus4	III9sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
B7♭9	III7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Emmaj7	vimaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Emadd9	viadd9	In the key	C Section
E♭6	bVI6	Borrowed from G minor	C Section
B7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
E7♭9	VI7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Fm9	bvii9	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
B♭13	bIII13	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
E♭69	bVI69	Borrowed from G minor	D Section
Cm7	iv7	Borrowed from G minor	D Section
F13	bVII13	Borrowed from G minor	D Section
Faug7	bVII+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
B♭9sus4	bIII9sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
E♭maj7♯5	bVImaj7#5	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Cm9	iv9	Borrowed from G minor	D Section
Fm7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
E♭maj7	bVImaj7	Borrowed from G minor	D Section
E♭9sus4	bVI9sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Csus4/A♭	IVsus4 (bass A♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
D13	V13	In the key	D Section
D7♯9	V7#9	Borrowed from G minor	D Section
G6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	D Section

Harmonic highlights

• D7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• G9sus4 (I9sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E♭6 (bVI6) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E♭69 (bVI69) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F13 (bVII13) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm9 (iv9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• E♭maj7 (bVImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• D7♯9 (V7#9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Anos Dourados (Looks Like December)” (credited “Antonio Carlos Jobim-Chico Buarque”, style Bossa Nova) 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 “Anos Dourados” (credited “Antonio-Carlos Jobim-Chico Buarque”, style Bossa Nova) 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 64%).
• 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.
• 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.
• 6 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.