Pourtant by Vanessa Paradis

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → 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

Intro 1

• Gm – D7/F♯ – Gm7/F – C7/E – Cm/E♭ – D7
  i – V⁶₅ – i⁴₂ – IV⁶₅ – iv⁶ – V7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• Gm – D7/G – Gm7 – C7/G – Cm7 – D7 (×2)
  i – V7 (bass G) – i7 – IV⁴₃ – iv7 – V7
• E♭6 – D7 – Gm7 – Gm7/F – B♭7 – A7 – A♭7
  bVI6 – V7 – i7 – i⁴₂ – bIII7 – II7 – bII7

A Section 2

• Gm – D7/G – Gm7 – C7/G – Cm7 – D7 (×2)
  i – V7 (bass G) – i7 – IV⁴₃ – iv7 – V7
• E♭6 – D7
  bVI6 – V7

A Section 3

• Gm – D7/G – Gm7 – C7/G – Cm7 – D7 (×2)
  i – V7 (bass G) – i7 – IV⁴₃ – iv7 – V7
• Gm9
  i9

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gm	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
D7/F♯	V⁶₅	In the key	Intro
Gm7/F	i⁴₂	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
C7/E	IV⁶₅	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
Cm/E♭	iv⁶	In the key	Intro
D7	V7	In the key	Intro, A Section
D7/G	V7 (bass G)	In the key	A Section
Gm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
C7/G	IV⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Cm7	iv7	In the key	A Section
E♭6	bVI6	In the key	A Section
B♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A♭7	bII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Gm9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Pourtant - Vanessa Paradis” (credited “(guitare Elec - Bpm115 - x5)”, style Rock Pop) 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 “Pourtant - Vanessa Paradis” (credited “Franck Monnet - Mathieu Chedid”, style Rock Pop) 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 91%).
• 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.
• 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.