I Will Wait for You by Michel Legrand

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 6

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

• Dm/A – Bm7♭5 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm – Em7♭5 – A7♭9
  vi⁶₄ – #ivø7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi – viiø7 – III7b9

A Section 1

• Dm7 – D7♭9 – Gm7 – D♭7 – C7sus4 – C7 – C7♭9 – B♭/F – Fmaj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm7 – D7♭9 – Gm7 – Em7♭5 – Dm/A – Bm7♭5 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm – Em7♭5 – A7♭9
  vi7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – bVI7 – V7sus4 – V7 – V7b9 – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – viiø7 – vi⁶₄ – #ivø7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi – viiø7 – III7b9

A Section 2

• Dm7 – D7♭9 – Gm7 – D♭7 – C7sus4 – C7 – C7♭9 – B♭/F – Fmaj7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm7 – D7♭9 – Gm7 – Em7♭5 – Dm/A – Bm7♭5 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Dm
  vi7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – bVI7 – V7sus4 – V7 – V7b9 – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi7 – VI7b9 – ii7 – viiø7 – vi⁶₄ – #ivø7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – vi

B Section 1

• Gm7 – Dm7 – Em7♭5 – A7♭9 – Bm7♭5 – E7♭9 – A7sus4 – A7♭9
  ii7 – vi7 – viiø7 – III7b9 – #ivø7 – VII7b9 – III7sus4 – III7b9

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 2.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Dm/A	vi⁶₄	In the key	Intro, A Section
Bm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, B Section
Em7♭5	viiø7	In the key	Intro, A Section, B Section
A7♭9	III7b9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	Intro, A Section, B Section
Dm	vi	In the key	Intro, A Section
Dm7	vi7	In the key	A Section, B Section
D7♭9	VI7b9	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	A Section
Gm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, B Section
D♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
C7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	A Section
C7	V7	In the key	A Section
C7♭9	V7b9	Borrowed from F minor	A Section
B♭/F	IV⁶₄	In the key	A Section
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
E7♭9	VII7b9	Secondary dominant (V/III)	B Section
A7sus4	III7sus4	In the key	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• C7♭9 (V7b9) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• A7♭9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Dm.
• D7♭9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Gm7.
• E7♭9 acts as V/III: it resolves to A7sus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “I Will Wait For You” (credited “Legrand Michel”, 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 “I Will Wait For You” (credited “Legrand Michel”, 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 85%).
• 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.
• 1 chord was simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.