Dindi by Antônio Carlos Jobim

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 24 · Sections: 6

Form: A Section → A Section → A Section → A Section → Bridge → A 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

A Section 1

• E♭maj7 – D♭maj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – bVIImaj7
• Cmaj7 – Am9 – Dm9 – G13
  VImaj7 – #iv9 – vii9 – III13

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 3

• E♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – A♭mmaj7 – E♭6 – B♭m7
  Imaj7 – bVIImaj7 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – ivmaj7 – I6 – v7

A Section 4

• E♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – A♭mmaj7 – E♭6 – Am7♭5 – D7♭9
  Imaj7 – bVIImaj7 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – ivmaj7 – I6 – #ivø7 – VII7b9

Bridge

• Gm – E♭m6 (×2)
  iii – i6
• Gm7 – C7♭9
  iii7 – VI7b9
• Fm – C♯m6 (×2)
  ii – #vi6
• Fm7 – B♭7♭9
  ii7 – V7b9

A Section 5

• E♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – E♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – A♭mmaj7 – E♭6 – D♭7
  Imaj7 – bVIImaj7 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – ivmaj7 – I6 – bVII7
• E♭maj9 – D♭maj9 (×4)
  Imaj9 – bVIImaj9
• E♭maj9
  Imaj9

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
E♭maj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
D♭maj7	bVIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Cmaj7	VImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Am9	#iv9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Dm9	vii9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G13	III13	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭m7	v7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section
E♭7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
A♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section
A♭mmaj7	ivmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E♭6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Am7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D7♭9	VII7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Gm	iii	In the key	Bridge
E♭m6	i6	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Gm7	iii7	In the key	Bridge
C7♭9	VI7b9	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Bridge
Fm	ii	In the key	Bridge
C♯m6	#vi6	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Fm7	ii7	In the key	Bridge
B♭7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from E♭ minor	Bridge
D♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from E♭ minor	A Section
E♭maj9	Imaj9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
D♭maj9	bVIImaj9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• B♭7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• D♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ minor.
• E♭7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to A♭maj7.
• C7♭9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Fm.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Dindi” (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 “Dindi” (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.