Je me suis fait tout petit by Georges Brassens

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 3

Form: Intro → Intro → 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

Intro 1

• Bm – Em – G7 – F♯7 (×2)
  i – iv – bVI7 – V7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section

• Bm – Em – F♯7 – Bm – F♯7 – G7 – F♯7 – Bm – B7 – Em – F♯ – Bm – F♯7 – G7 – F♯7 – Bm – C♯7 – F♯7 – Bm – A7 – D7 – F♯7 – Bm – C♯7 – F♯7 – Bm – D – G7 – F♯
  i – iv – V7 – i – V7 – bVI7 – V7 – i – I7 – iv – V – i – V7 – bVI7 – V7 – i – II7 – V7 – i – bVII7 – bIII7 – V7 – i – II7 – V7 – i – bIII – bVI7 – V
• Bm – Em – G7 – F♯7 (×2)
  i – iv – bVI7 – V7
• Bm
  i

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Bm	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
Em	iv	In the key	Intro, A Section
G7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
F♯7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section
B7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/iv)	A Section
F♯	V	In the key	A Section
C♯7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section
A7	bVII7	In the key	A Section
D7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D	bIII	In the key	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• B7 acts as V/iv: it resolves to Em.
• C♯7 acts as V/V: it resolves to F♯7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Je me suis fait tout petit” (credited “Brassens Georges”, style Chansons Fr) 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 “Je me suis fait tout petit” (credited “Brassens Georges”, 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 97%).
• 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.