I Loves You Porgy (Evans Montreux) by George Gershwin

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 25 · Sections: 4

Form: 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

• Fmaj7 – F11 – Fmaj7 – B♭maj7 – B♭maj7/A – Gm7 – C11 – Fmaj7 – Aaug7 – Dm9 – A♭13 – G13 – Gm9 – C11 – Fmaj7 – C11
  Imaj7 – I11 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – IVmaj⁴₂ – ii7 – V11 – Imaj7 – III+7 – vi9 – bIII13 – II13 – ii9 – V11 – Imaj7 – V11

A Section 2

• Fmaj7 – F11 – Fmaj7 – B♭maj7 – B♭maj7/A – Gm7 – C11 – Fmaj7 – Aaug7 – Dm9 – A♭13 – G13 – Gm9 – C11 – Fmaj9 – Bm7♭5 – Eaug7
  Imaj7 – I11 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – IVmaj⁴₂ – ii7 – V11 – Imaj7 – III+7 – vi9 – bIII13 – II13 – ii9 – V11 – Imaj9 – #ivø7 – VII+7

Bridge

• Am9 – Bm7♭5 – Eaug7 – Am9 – D7♭9 – Gaug7 – Cm6 – A♭7 – Gaug7 – C7 – D♭7/C – C6 – D♭6/C – C7 – D♭7/C – C7 – C13
  iii9 – #ivø7 – VII+7 – iii9 – VI7b9 – II+7 – v6 – bIII7 – II+7 – V7 – bVI7 (bass C) – V6 – bVI6 (bass C) – V7 – bVI7 (bass C) – V7 – V13

A Section 3

• Fmaj7 – F11 – Fmaj7 – B♭maj7 – B♭maj7/A – Gm7 – C11 – Fmaj7 – Aaug7 – Dm9 – A♭13 – G13 – Gm9
  Imaj7 – I11 – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – IVmaj⁴₂ – ii7 – V11 – Imaj7 – III+7 – vi9 – bIII13 – II13 – ii9
• C11 – Fmaj7 (×2)
  V11 – Imaj7
• B♭maj7/F – Fmaj7 (×2)
  IVmaj⁴₃ – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
F11	I11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭maj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section
B♭maj7/A	IVmaj⁴₂	In the key	A Section
Gm7	ii7	In the key	A Section
C11	V11	In the key	A Section
Aaug7	III+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Dm9	vi9	In the key	A Section
A♭13	bIII13	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G13	II13	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Gm9	ii9	In the key	A Section
Fmaj9	Imaj9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Bm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
Eaug7	VII+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Bridge
Am9	iii9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
D7♭9	VI7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Gaug7	II+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Cm6	v6	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
A♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
C7	V7	In the key	Bridge
D♭7/C	bVI7 (bass C)	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
C6	V6	In the key	Bridge
D♭6/C	bVI6 (bass C)	Borrowed from F minor	Bridge
C13	V13	In the key	Bridge
B♭maj7/F	IVmaj⁴₃	In the key	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• D♭6/C (bVI6 (bass C)) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “I Loves You Porgy (Evans Montreux)” (credited “Gershwin George”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart.
• 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 “I Loves You Porgy” (credited “Gershwin George”, style Ballad) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 61%).
• 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.