Madalena by Ivan Lins

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 24 · Sections: 2

Form: A Section → 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

• Cmaj9 – C69 – Dm9 – G13 (×3)
  Imaj9 – I69 – ii9 – V13
• Gm7 – C7
  v7 – I7
• Fmaj7 – F6 – Gm7 – C13 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – IV6 – v7 – I13
• Fmaj7 – Em9 – A7♯9 – Dm7 – Dm7/C – Bm7 – E7♭9 – Am7 – Am7/G – F♯m7 – B7♭9 – Emaj7 – F♯m7 – G♯m7 – Am7 – D7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – Am7 – D7
  IVmaj7 – iii9 – VI7#9 – ii7 – ii⁴₂ – vii7 – III7b9 – vi7 – vi⁴₂ – #iv7 – VII7b9 – IIImaj7 – #iv7 – #v7 – vi7 – II7 – Vmaj7 – iii7 – vi7 – II7
• G13 – Cmaj9 – C69 – Dm9 (×4)
  V13 – Imaj9 – I69 – ii9
• G13
  V13

A Section 2

• Cmaj9 – C69 – Dm9 – G13 (×3)
  Imaj9 – I69 – ii9 – V13
• Gm7 – C7
  v7 – I7
• Fmaj7 – F6 – Gm7 – C13 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – IV6 – v7 – I13
• Fmaj7 – Em9 – A7♯9 – Dm7 – Dm7/C – Bm7 – E7♭9 – Am7 – Am7/G – F♯m7 – B7♭9 – Emaj7 – F♯m7 – G♯m7 – Am7 – D7 – Gmaj7 – Em7 – Am7 – D7
  IVmaj7 – iii9 – VI7#9 – ii7 – ii⁴₂ – vii7 – III7b9 – vi7 – vi⁴₂ – #iv7 – VII7b9 – IIImaj7 – #iv7 – #v7 – vi7 – II7 – Vmaj7 – iii7 – vi7 – II7
• G13 – Cmaj9 – C69 – Dm9 (×2)
  V13 – Imaj9 – I69 – ii9
• G13
  V13

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Cmaj9	Imaj9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
C69	I69	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Dm9	ii9	In the key	A Section
G13	V13	In the key	A Section
Gm7	v7	Borrowed from C minor	A Section
C7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
Fmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section
F6	IV6	In the key	A Section
C13	I13	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	A Section
Em9	iii9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A7♯9	VI7#9	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	A Section
Dm7	ii7	In the key	A Section
Dm7/C	ii⁴₂	In the key	A Section
Bm7	vii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7♭9	III7b9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	A Section
Am7	vi7	In the key	A Section
Am7/G	vi⁴₂	In the key	A Section
F♯m7	#iv7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B7♭9	VII7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Emaj7	IIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G♯m7	#v7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section
Gmaj7	Vmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Em7	iii7	In the key	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• Gm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• C7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Fmaj7.
• C13 acts as V/IV: it resolves to Fmaj7.
• A7♯9 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Dm7.
• E7♭9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Am7.
• D7 acts as V/V: it resolves to G13.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Madalena” (credited “Lins Ivan”, style Samba) 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 “Madalena” (credited “Lins Ivan”, style Bossa Nova) 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 86%).
• 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.
• 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.
• 3 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.