Nuages by Django Reinhardt

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 26 · Sections: 2

Form: A Section → B 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

• B♭m7 – E♭7 – Am7♭5 – D7 – G69 – Am7 – B♭dim – G/B (×2)
  biii7 – bVI7 – iiø7 – V7 – I69 – ii7 – biii° – I⁶
• F♯m7♭5 – B7 – Em6 – A7 – A♭7 – A7 – D9 – E♭9 – D9
  viiø7 – III7 – vi6 – II7 – bII7 – II7 – V9 – bVI9 – V9

B Section

• B♭m7 – E♭7 – Am7♭5 – D7 – G69 – Am7 – B♭dim – G/B – E♭m9 – A♭7 – Dm7♭5 – G7 – C69 – Dm7 – E♭dim – C/E – Cm9 – F7 – G69 – Am7 – B♭dim – G/B – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Am7♭5 – D7 – G69 – Am7 – B♭dim – G/B – G69 – Cm – Gmaj7
  biii7 – bVI7 – iiø7 – V7 – I69 – ii7 – biii° – I⁶ – bvi9 – bII7 – vø7 – I7 – IV69 – v7 – bvi° – IV⁶ – iv9 – bVII7 – I69 – ii7 – biii° – I⁶ – biii7 – bVI7 – iiø7 – V7 – I69 – ii7 – biii° – I⁶ – I69 – iv – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
B♭m7	biii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
E♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
Am7♭5	iiø7	Borrowed from G minor	A Section, B Section
D7	V7	In the key	A Section, B Section
G69	I69	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
Am7	ii7	In the key	A Section, B Section
B♭dim	biii°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
G/B	I⁶	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
F♯m7♭5	viiø7	In the key	A Section
B7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Em6	vi6	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	A Section
A♭7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
D9	V9	In the key	A Section
E♭9	bVI9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E♭m9	bvi9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Dm7♭5	vø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
G7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/IV)	B Section
C69	IV69	In the key	B Section
Dm7	v7	Borrowed from G minor	B Section
E♭dim	bvi°	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
C/E	IV⁶	In the key	B Section
Cm9	iv9	Borrowed from G minor	B Section
F7	bVII7	Borrowed from G minor	B Section
Cm	iv	Borrowed from G minor	B Section
Gmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• Am7♭5 (iiø7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Dm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm9 (iv9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• A7 acts as V/V: it resolves to D9.
• G7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to C69.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Nuages 3” (credited “Reinhardt Django”, style Slow 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 “Nuages - Flinner” (credited “Reinhardt Django”, style Gypsy Jazz) 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 67%).
• 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.