Nardis by Miles Davis

Overview

Key: E minor · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 4

Form: A Section → A Section → 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

• Em – Fmaj7 – B7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – Fmaj7 – Emaj7 – Em
  i – bIImaj7 – V7 – bVImaj7 – iv7 – bIImaj7 – Imaj7 – i

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

Bridge

• Am7 – Fmaj7♯11 (×2)
  iv7 – bIImaj7#11
• Dm7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Fmaj7♯11
  bvii7 – bIII7 – bVImaj7 – bIImaj7#11

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Em	i	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
Fmaj7	bIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B7	V7	In the key	A Section
Cmaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Am7	iv7	In the key	A Section, Bridge
Emaj7	Imaj7	Borrowed from E major	A Section
Fmaj7♯11	bIImaj7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Dm7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
G7	bIII7	Secondary dominant (V/bVI)	Bridge

Harmonic highlights

• Emaj7 (Imaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.
• G7 acts as V/bVI: it resolves to Cmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Nardis” (credited “Davis Miles”, 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 “Nardis” (credited “Davis Miles”, 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 100%).
• 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.