Chega de saudade by Antônio Carlos Jobim

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 35 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → B 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 1

• Gm9 – C – Fmaj9 – B♭maj7 – Bdim7 – Em – A7 – Dm7 – A7
  iv9 – bVII – bIIImaj9 – bVImaj7 – vi°7 – ii – V7 – i7 – V7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section

• Dm – Dm7/C – E7♭9/B – Em7♭5/B♭ – A7♭9 – Dm – Em7♭5 – A7 – Dm – Bm7♭5 – E7 – Am – B♭maj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9
  i – i⁴₂ – II7b9 (bass B) – iiø⁴₃ – V7b9 – i – iiø7 – V7 – i – viø7 – II7 – v – bVImaj7 – iiø7 – V7b9

B Section

• Dm – Dm7/C – E7♭9/B – Em7♭5/B♭ – A7♭9 – Dm – D7♭9 – Gm – A7♭9 – Dm – Dm7/C – E7♭9/B – A7♭9 – Dm – Em7 – A7
  i – i⁴₂ – II7b9 (bass B) – iiø⁴₃ – V7b9 – i – I7b9 – iv – V7b9 – i – i⁴₂ – II7b9 (bass B) – V7b9 – i – ii7 – V7

C Section

• Dmaj7 – B7/D♯ – Em7 – A7sus4 – A7 – Ddim7 – Dmaj7 – F♯m7 – Fdim7 – Em7 – E7 – Em7♭5 – A7
  Imaj7 – VI⁶₅ – ii7 – V7sus4 – V7 – i°7 – Imaj7 – iii7 – biii°7 – ii7 – II7 – iiø7 – V7

D Section

• Dmaj7 – Bm7 – E7 – F♯7 – Bm7 – B♭m7 – Am7 – D7 – Gmaj7 – Gm7
  Imaj7 – vi7 – II7 – III7 – vi7 – bvi7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – iv7
• F♯m7 – B7 – E7 – A7 (×2)
  iii7 – VI7 – II7 – V7
• D6 – A7
  I6 – V7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gm9	iv9	In the key	Intro
C	bVII	In the key	Intro
Fmaj9	bIIImaj9	In the key	Intro
B♭maj7	bVImaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section
Bdim7	vi°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
Em	ii	Borrowed from D major	Intro
A7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section, C Section, D Section
Dm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro
Dm	i	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
Dm7/C	i⁴₂	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
E7♭9/B	II7b9 (bass B)	Secondary dominant (V/V)	B Section
Em7♭5/B♭	iiø⁴₃	In the key	A Section, B Section
A7♭9	V7b9	In the key	A Section, B Section
Em7♭5	iiø7	In the key	A Section, C Section
Bm7♭5	viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/v)	A Section, C Section, D Section
Am	v	In the key	A Section
D7♭9	I7b9	Secondary dominant (V/iv)	B Section
Gm	iv	In the key	B Section
Em7	ii7	Borrowed from D major	B Section, C Section
Dmaj7	Imaj7	Borrowed from D major	C Section, D Section
B7/D♯	VI⁶₅	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
A7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	C Section
Ddim7	i°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
F♯m7	iii7	Borrowed from D major	C Section, D Section
Fdim7	biii°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
Bm7	vi7	Borrowed from D major	D Section
F♯7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
B♭m7	bvi7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Am7	v7	In the key	D Section
D7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
Gmaj7	IVmaj7	Borrowed from D major	D Section
Gm7	iv7	In the key	D Section
B7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	D Section
D6	I6	Borrowed from D major	D Section

Harmonic highlights

• Em (ii) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• Em7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• Dmaj7 (Imaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• F♯m7 (iii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• Bm7 (vi7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• Gmaj7 (IVmaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• D6 (I6) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.
• E7♭9/B acts as V/V: it resolves to A7♭9.
• E7 acts as V/v: it resolves to Am.
• D7♭9 acts as V/iv: it resolves to Gm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)” (credited “Jobim Antonio-Carlos”, 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 “Chega De Saudade (No More Blues)” (credited “Jobim Antonio-Carlos”, 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 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.
• 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.