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Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais by Serge Gainsbourg

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 10 steps · 6 unique chords

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
A Section 1Step 1 of 10

A

LeftA2, E3RightC♯4, E4, A4
C4A2E3E4A4C♯4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

No source cited for this step

Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 8

Form: A Section → A Section → Bridge → A Section ×3 → 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

  • A – C♯m – G♯m – D – E
    I – iii – vii – IV – V

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

Bridge 1

  • C♯m – Bm – C♯m – D – E
    iii – ii – iii – IV – V

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 4

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

A Section 6

Same chords as A Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
AIHome chord (tonic)A Section
C♯miiiIn the keyA Section, Bridge
G♯mviiOutside the key (chromatic)A Section
DIVIn the keyA Section, Bridge
EVIn the keyA Section, Bridge
BmiiIn the keyBridge

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Je Suis Venu Te dire Que je M'en Vais” (credited “Gainsbourg Serge”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
  • Section names: the chart has no section markings, so sections were detected by code from repeated 8-, 12- and 16-bar phrases (letters such as A and B mark different phrases).
  • 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.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “Je Suis Venu Te dire Que je M'en Vais” (credited “Gainsbourg Serge”, style Pop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1A Section 1AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
2A Section 1C♯mC♯2, G♯2C♯4, E4, G♯4—
3A Section 1G♯mG♯2, D♯3B3, D♯4, G♯4—
4A Section 1DD2, A2A3, D4, F♯4—
5A Section 1EE2, B2B3, E4, G♯4—
6Bridge 1C♯mC♯2, G♯2C♯4, E4, G♯4—
7Bridge 1BmB1, F♯2B3, D4, F♯4—
8Bridge 1C♯mC♯2, G♯2C♯4, E4, G♯4—
9Bridge 1DD2, A2D4, F♯4, A4—
10Bridge 1EE2, B2B3, E4, G♯4—