Contigo en la distancia by César Portillo de la Luz

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 22 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → A Section → Break → 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

• Fm7 – B♭13 – E♭6 – Fm7 – B♭7 – E♭6 – G7 – Cm6 – F13 – Fm7 – Bdim7 – B♭7
  ii7 – V13 – I6 – ii7 – V7 – I6 – III7 – vi6 – II13 – ii7 – #v°7 – V7

A Section

• Fm7 – B♭7 – E♭6 – Fm7 – Bdim7 – B♭7
  ii7 – V7 – I6 – ii7 – #v°7 – V7

Break

• E♭6
  I6

B Section 1

• Cm9 – D7♭9 – A♭7♯11 – Gm7 – C9sus4 – G♭7 – Fm7 – Bdim7 – B♭7 – E♭6 – D♭7 – C7 – Fm7 – B♭9sus4 – B♭13 – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm7 – Bdim7 – B♭7 – E♭6
  vi9 – VII7b9 – IV7#11 – iii7 – VI9sus4 – bIII7 – ii7 – #v°7 – V7 – I6 – bVII7 – VI7 – ii7 – V9sus4 – V13 – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – #v°7 – V7 – I6

B Section 2

• Cm9 – D7♭9 – A♭7♯11 – Gm7 – C9sus4 – G♭7 – Fm7 – Bdim7 – B♭7 – E♭6 – D♭7 – C7 – Fm7 – B♭9sus4 – B♭13 – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm7 – Dm7♭5 – G7♭9 – Bdim7 – B♭7 – D♭7 – C7 – Fm7 – Bdim7 – B♭13 – E♭6 – A♭7 – A♭m7 – E♭6
  vi9 – VII7b9 – IV7#11 – iii7 – VI9sus4 – bIII7 – ii7 – #v°7 – V7 – I6 – bVII7 – VI7 – ii7 – V9sus4 – V13 – iiiø7 – VI7 – ii7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – #v°7 – V7 – bVII7 – VI7 – ii7 – #v°7 – V13 – I6 – IV7 – iv7 – I6

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Fm7	ii7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
B♭13	V13	In the key	Intro, B Section
E♭6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, Break, B Section
B♭7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
G7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
Cm6	vi6	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
F13	II13	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
Bdim7	#v°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, B Section
Cm9	vi9	In the key	B Section
D7♭9	VII7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A♭7♯11	IV7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Gm7	iii7	In the key	B Section
C9sus4	VI9sus4	In the key	B Section
G♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	B Section
C7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	B Section
B♭9sus4	V9sus4	In the key	B Section
Gm7♭5	iiiø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Dm7♭5	viiø7	In the key	B Section
G7♭9	III7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A♭m7	iv7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• D♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• A♭m7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• C7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Fm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Contigo En La Distancia” (credited “Cesar Portillo De La Luz”, style Bolero) 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 “Contigo En La Distancia” (credited “Cesar Portillo De La Luz”, style Bolero) 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 77%).
• 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.
• 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.
• 1 chord was 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.