Nightwings by Pat Martino

Overview

Key: E minor · Chords used: 19 · Sections: 23

Form: Lead-in → A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → B Section → C Section → D Section → E Section → F Section → G Section → H Section → I Section → J Section → K Section → J Section → K Section → L Section → M Section → N Section → O Section → P Section → Q 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

Lead-in

• Em11
  i11

A Section 1

• Em11 – Gm11 – Dm11 – B7♯9 – Em11
  i11 – biii11 – bvii11 – V7#9 – i11

A Section 2

• Em11 – Gm11 – Dm11 – B – Am11
  i11 – biii11 – bvii11 – V – iv11

B Section 1

• Am11 – B7♯9 – F♯m11
  iv11 – V7#9 – ii11

C Section 1

• F♯m11 – G♯7♯9 – Am11
  ii11 – III7#9 – iv11

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

• F♯m11 – G♯7♯9 – C♯m7♭5
  ii11 – III7#9 – viø7

D Section

• C♯m7♭5 – F♯7♭9 – B13
  viø7 – II7b9 – V13

E Section

• B13 – B – E9
  V13 – V – I9

F Section

• E9 – A – Am7
  I9 – IV – iv7

G Section

• Am7 – G♯7♯9 – E/D – D♭
  iv7 – III7#9 – I (bass D) – VI

H Section

• D/C – B13 – Em9 – A
  bVII (bass C) – V13 – i9 – IV

I Section

• A – Dm9 – B7♯9
  IV – bvii9 – V7#9

J Section 1

• Am11 – B7♯9
  iv11 – V7#9

K Section 1

• B7♯9 – F♯m11 – G♯7♯9
  V7#9 – ii11 – III7#9

J Section 2

• G♯7♯9 – Am11 – B7♯9
  III7#9 – iv11 – V7#9

K Section 2

Same chords as K Section 1.

L Section

• G♯7♯9 – C♯m7♭5 – F♯7♭9
  III7#9 – viø7 – II7b9

M Section

• F♯7♭9 – B13 – B
  II7b9 – V13 – V

N Section

• B – E9 – A
  V – I9 – IV

O Section

• A – Am7 – G♯7♯9
  IV – iv7 – III7#9

P Section

• G♯7♯9 – E/D – D♭ – D/C – B13 – Em9 – A
  III7#9 – I (bass D) – VI – bVII (bass C) – V13 – i9 – IV

Q Section

• A – Dm9 – B7♯9
  IV – bvii9 – V7#9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F♯m11 (ii11) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.
• B13 (V13) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.
• A (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, E major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Nightwings” (credited “Martino Pat”, style Samba) 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.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
• 7 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.