Historia de un amor by Carlos Eleta Almarán

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 9

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → A Section → B Section → A Section → 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

• Dm7 – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Bm7 – E/G♯ – Am7
  iv7 – ii7 – bIIImaj7 – i7 – ii7 – V⁶ – i7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• Bm7♭5 – E7♭9 – Am7 – G7 – F7 – E7 – E7/D – Am7
  iiø7 – V7b9 – i7 – bVII7 – bVI7 – V7 – V⁴₂ – i7

A Section 2

• Bm7♭5 – E7♭9 – E7/D – Am7 – Fmaj7 – G7 – F7 – E7 – Am – A9sus4 – Am – A/C♯
  iiø7 – V7b9 – V⁴₂ – i7 – bVImaj7 – bVII7 – bVI7 – V7 – i – I9sus4 – i – I⁶

B Section 1

• Bm7♭5 – E7♭9 – E7/D – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – Dm7/C – Bm7 – F7 – Esus4 – E7/D – Am7
  iiø7 – V7b9 – V⁴₂ – bIIImaj7 – i7 – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – i7 – iv7 – iv⁴₂ – ii7 – bVI7 – Vsus4 – V⁴₂ – i7

A Section 3

• Bm7♭5 – E7♭9 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – G7 – F7 – E7 – Am7 – D7
  iiø7 – V7b9 – i7 – bVImaj7 – bVII7 – bVI7 – V7 – i7 – IV7

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 4

• Bm7♭5 – E7♭9 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – G7 – F7 – E7
  iiø7 – V7b9 – i7 – bVImaj7 – bVII7 – bVI7 – V7

Outro

• E7 – Dm7 – Bm7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Bm7 – B♭7 – Am7
  V7 – iv7 – ii7 – bIIImaj7 – i7 – ii7 – bII7 – i7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Dm7	iv7	In the key	Intro, B Section, Outro
Bm7	ii7	Borrowed from A major	Intro, B Section, Outro
Cmaj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	Intro, B Section, Outro
Am7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, B Section, Outro
E/G♯	V⁶	In the key	Intro
Bm7♭5	iiø7	In the key	A Section, B Section
E7♭9	V7b9	In the key	A Section, B Section
G7	bVII7	In the key	A Section, B Section
F7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
E7	V7	In the key	A Section, Outro
E7/D	V⁴₂	In the key	A Section, B Section
Fmaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	A Section
Am	i	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
A9sus4	I9sus4	In the key	A Section
A/C♯	I⁶	Borrowed from A major	A Section
Dm7/C	iv⁴₂	In the key	B Section
Esus4	Vsus4	In the key	B Section
D7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• Bm7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• A/C♯ (I⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Historia de un amor 2” (credited “Luis Miguel (Carlos Eleta-Almaran)”, style Latin) 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 “Historia de un amor” (credited “Luis Miguel (Carlos Eleta-Almaran)”, style Latin) 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 69%).
• 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.