Bella María De Mi Alma by Los Lobos

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → A Section → Interlude → A Section → B Section → B Section → B 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

• Gm7 – C7 – E♭ – D7 – E♭maj7 – D7
  i7 – IV7 – bVI – V7 – bVImaj7 – V7

A Section 1

• Cm7 – F7 – Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – E♭maj7 – D7 – E♭7 – D7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm/E♭
  iv7 – bVII7 – i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bVImaj7 – V7 – bVI7 – V7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – i7 – bVImaj7 – iv⁶

A Section 2

• Cm7 – F7 – Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – E♭maj7 – D7 – E♭7 – D7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – Gm7 – Cm7 – B♭ – Am7♭5 – D7♯9
  iv7 – bVII7 – i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bVImaj7 – V7 – bVI7 – V7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – i7 – iv7 – bIII – iiø7 – V7#9

B Section 1

• Gm7 – F – E♭m6 – E♭m6/B♭ – E♭m6/A♭ (×2)
  i7 – bVII – bvi6 – bvi6 (bass B♭) – bvi6 (bass A♭)
• Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – D7 – Gm7 – E♭maj7 – D7
  i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – V7 – i7 – bVImaj7 – V7

A Section 3

• Cm7 – F7 – Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – E♭maj7 – D7 – E♭7 – D7
  iv7 – bVII7 – i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bVImaj7 – V7 – bVI7 – V7

Interlude

• Gm7 – C7 – E♭ – D7 – E♭maj7 – D7
  i7 – IV7 – bVI – V7 – bVImaj7 – V7

A Section 4

• Cm7 – F7 – Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – E♭maj7 – D7 – E♭7 – D7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – Gm7 – Cm7 – B♭ – Am7♭5 – D7
  iv7 – bVII7 – i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bVImaj7 – V7 – bVI7 – V7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – i7 – iv7 – bIII – iiø7 – V7

B Section 2

• Gm7 – F – E♭m6 – E♭m6/B♭ – E♭m6/A♭ (×2)
  i7 – bVII – bvi6 – bvi6 (bass B♭) – bvi6 (bass A♭)
• Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – D7 – Gm7 – F – E♭m6 – E♭m6/B♭ – E♭m6/A♭
  i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – V7 – i7 – bVII – bvi6 – bvi6 (bass B♭) – bvi6 (bass A♭)

B Section 3

• Gm7 – F – E♭m6 – E♭m6/B♭ – E♭m6/A♭ (×2)
  i7 – bVII – bvi6 – bvi6 (bass B♭) – bvi6 (bass A♭)
• Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – D7 – Gm7 – E♭ – D7
  i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – V7 – i7 – bVI – V7

B Section 4

• Gm7 – F – E♭m6 – E♭m6/B♭ – E♭m6/A♭ (×2)
  i7 – bVII – bvi6 – bvi6 (bass B♭) – bvi6 (bass A♭)
• Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – D7
  i7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, Interlude
C7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, Interlude
E♭	bVI	In the key	Intro, Interlude, B Section
D7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, Interlude
E♭maj7	bVImaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, Interlude
Cm7	iv7	In the key	A Section, B Section
F7	bVII7	In the key	A Section
E♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭maj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	A Section
Cm/E♭	iv⁶	In the key	A Section
B♭	bIII	In the key	A Section
Am7♭5	iiø7	In the key	A Section
D7♯9	V7#9	In the key	A Section
F	bVII	In the key	B Section
E♭m6	bvi6	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E♭m6/B♭	bvi6 (bass B♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E♭m6/A♭	bvi6 (bass A♭)	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Bella María De Mi Alma” (credited “Lobos Los”, style Bolero-Cha) 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 “Bella María De Mi Alma” (credited “Lobos Los”, style Bolero-Cha) 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.
• 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.