Conversa de Botequim by Noel Rosa

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 3

Form: Intro → A 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

• G – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 – Em – A7 – D7 – G – F♯7 – Bm7 – E7 – Em – A7 – D
  IV – III7 – vi7 – II7 – ii – V7 – I7 – IV – III7 – vi7 – II7 – ii – V7 – I

A Section

• Em – A7 – D – D♯dim – Em – A7 – Am – D7/A – G – F♯7 – Bm7 – Em – A7 – D – D7
  ii – V7 – I – #i° – ii – V7 – v – I⁴₃ – IV – III7 – vi7 – ii – V7 – I – I7

B Section

• B7 – Em – C7 – B7 – E7 – A7 – D7 – Am – D7 – G
  VI7 – ii – bVII7 – VI7 – II7 – V7 – I7 – v – I7 – IV

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
G	IV	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
F♯7	III7	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	Intro, A Section
Bm7	vi7	In the key	Intro, A Section
E7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	B Section
Em	ii	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
A7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
D7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	Intro, A Section, B Section
D	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
D♯dim	#i°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Am	v	Borrowed from D minor	A Section, B Section
D7/A	I⁴₃	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
B7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	B Section
C7	bVII7	Borrowed from D minor	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• Am (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F♯7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Bm7.
• E7 acts as V/V: it resolves to A7.
• D7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.
• D7/A acts as V/IV: it resolves to G.
• B7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Em.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Conversa de Botequim - In AAB ABA ⊙ In” (credited “Rosa Noel”, style Samba) 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 “Conversa de Botequim - In AAB ABA ⊙ In” (credited “Rosa Noel”, style Choro - Samba) 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 88%).
• 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.
• 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.