Django by John Lewis

Overview

Key: F minor · Chords used: 25 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → B Section → C Section → Intro → Outro

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

• Fm – B♭m7 – C7♭9 – Fm – F7♭9 – B♭m7 – E♭7♭9 – A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – Gm7♭5 – G7/F – C/E – C7♭9
  i – iv7 – V7b9 – i – I7b9 – iv7 – bVII7b9 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – iiø7 – II⁴₂ – V⁶ – V7b9
• Fm9 – B♭m – C7♭9 – Fm (×2)
  i9 – iv – V7b9 – i

A Section 1

• Fm – Dm7♭5 – G7 – C7 – F7♭9 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭7 – D♭7 – G7 – C7
  i – viø7 – II7 – V7 – I7b9 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIII7 – bVI7 – II7 – V7

A Section 2

• Fm – Dm7♭5 – G7 – C7 – F7♭9 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭7 – D♭7 – C7 – Fm6
  i – viø7 – II7 – V7 – I7b9 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIII7 – bVI7 – V7 – i6

B Section 1

• F7♭9 – B♭m6/F (×3)
  I7b9 – iv6 (bass F)
• F7♭9 – B♭dim7/F – F7♭9
  I7b9 – iv°7 (bass F) – I7b9

C Section 1

• B♭m7 – Gm7♭5 – C7 – F7 – B♭7 – E♭m7 – A♭7
  iv7 – iiø7 – V7 – I7 – IV7 – bvii7 – bIII7
• D♭7 – G♭7 (×2)
  bVI7 – bII7
• D♭7 – C7
  bVI7 – V7

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

Intro 2

• Fm – B♭m7 – C7♭9 – Fm – F7♭9 – B♭m7 – E♭7♭9 – A♭maj7 – D♭maj7 – Gm7♭5 – G7/F – C/E – C7♭9 – Fm9 – B♭m – C7♭9 – Fm – Fm9 – B♭m – C7♭9
  i – iv7 – V7b9 – i – I7b9 – iv7 – bVII7b9 – bIIImaj7 – bVImaj7 – iiø7 – II⁴₂ – V⁶ – V7b9 – i9 – iv – V7b9 – i – i9 – iv – V7b9

Outro

• Fm
  i

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Fm	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, Outro
B♭m7	iv7	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
C7♭9	V7b9	In the key	Intro
F7♭9	I7b9	Secondary dominant (V/iv)	Intro, A Section, B Section
E♭7♭9	bVII7b9	Secondary dominant (V/bIII)	Intro
A♭maj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	Intro
D♭maj7	bVImaj7	In the key	Intro
Gm7♭5	iiø7	In the key	Intro, C Section
G7/F	II⁴₂	Secondary dominant (V/V)	Intro
C/E	V⁶	In the key	Intro
Fm9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	Intro
B♭m	iv	In the key	Intro
Dm7♭5	viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section
C7	V7	In the key	A Section, C Section
E♭7	bVII7	In the key	A Section
A♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
D♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, C Section
Fm6	i6	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭m6/F	iv6 (bass F)	In the key	B Section
B♭dim7/F	iv°7 (bass F)	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
F7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
B♭7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
E♭m7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
G♭7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• F7♭9 acts as V/iv: it resolves to B♭m7.
• E♭7♭9 acts as V/bIII: it resolves to A♭maj7.
• G7/F acts as V/V: it resolves to C/E.
• G7 acts as V/V: it resolves to C7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Django 1” (credited “Lewis John”, style Medium Swing) 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 “Django” (credited “Lewis John”, style Medium Swing) 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.
• 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.