Che cosa c'è by Gino Paoli

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 11

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → Solo → B Section → C Section → Solo → B Section → C Section → Solo

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

A Section 1

• Cmaj7 – Am – Dm – G7 – C – Am – Dm7 – G7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – B♭7 – E♭ – G7
  Imaj7 – vi – ii – V7 – I – vi – ii7 – V7 – bIIImaj7 – i7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIII – V7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – Dm – Gm7 – C – Fmaj7 – F6 – Dm7 – G7 – Em7 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Dm7 – G7sus4 – G7
  v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – ii – v7 – I – IVmaj7 – IV6 – ii7 – V7 – iii7 – vi7 – IVmaj7 – ii7 – V7sus4 – V7

C Section 1

• Cmaj7 – Am – Dm7 – G7 – C – Am – Dm – G7 – E♭maj7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – B♭7 – Dm7
  Imaj7 – vi – ii7 – V7 – I – vi – ii – V7 – bIIImaj7 – i7 – iv7 – bVII7 – ii7

Solo 1

• G7
  V7

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

Solo 2

• G7 – Cmaj7 – Am – Dm – G7 – C – Am – Dm7
  V7 – Imaj7 – vi – ii – V7 – I – vi – ii7

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 3

Same chords as C Section 1.

Solo 3

• G7 – Cmaj7 – Am – Dm – G7 – C – Am – Dm7 – G7
  V7 – Imaj7 – vi – ii – V7 – I – vi – ii7 – V7
• Cmaj7 – D♭ (×2)
  Imaj7 – bII

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Cmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, C Section, Solo
Am	vi	In the key	A Section, C Section, Solo
Dm	ii	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section, Solo
G7	V7	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section, Solo
C	I	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section, C Section, Solo
Dm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section, Solo
E♭maj7	bIIImaj7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section, C Section
Cm7	i7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section, C Section
Fm7	iv7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section, C Section
B♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section, C Section
E♭	bIII	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
Gm7	v7	Borrowed from C minor	B Section
C7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	B Section
Fmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	B Section
F6	IV6	In the key	B Section
Em7	iii7	In the key	B Section
Am7	vi7	In the key	B Section
G7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	B Section
D♭	bII	Outside the key (chromatic)	Solo

Harmonic highlights

• E♭maj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Cm7 (i7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Fm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Gm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• C7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Fmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Che Cosa C'è (G.Palma)” (credited “Paoli Gino”, style Reggae 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 “Che Cosa C'è” (credited “Paoli Gino”, style Ballad) 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 60%).
• 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.