Joshua by Victor Feldman

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 6

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → B Section ×2 → 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

• Dm11 – Dm7 – Cm7 – B♭m7 – Cm7 – Dm7
  i11 – i7 – bvii7 – bvi7 – bvii7 – i7

A Section 2

• Dm11 – Dm7 – Cm7 – B♭m7 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – C7
  i11 – i7 – bvii7 – bvi7 – bvii7 – i7 – iv7 – bVII7

B Section 1

• Fmaj7 – Fm7 – B♭7♯9 – E♭maj7 – E♭m7 – A♭7♯9 – D♭maj7 – G7♯9 – Cm7 – B♭m7 – E7♯9 – A7♭9
  bIIImaj7 – biii7 – bVI7#9 – bIImaj7 – bii7 – bV7#9 – bImaj7 – IV7#9 – bvii7 – bvi7 – II7#9 – V7b9

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Dm11	i11	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Dm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Cm7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
B♭m7	bvi7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
Gm7	iv7	In the key	A Section
C7	bVII7	In the key	A Section
Fmaj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	B Section
Fm7	biii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B♭7♯9	bVI7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E♭maj7	bIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E♭m7	bii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A♭7♯9	bV7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D♭maj7	bImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
G7♯9	IV7#9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E7♯9	II7#9	Secondary dominant (V/V)	B Section
A7♭9	V7b9	In the key	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• E7♯9 acts as V/V: it resolves to A7♭9.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Joshua” (credited “Feldman Victor”, style Up Tempo 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 “Joshua” (credited “Feldman Victor”, style Up Tempo 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.
• 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.
• 5 chords were 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.