Recordame by Joe Henderson

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 2

Form: Intro → 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

• Am – C7 – Fmaj7 – B♭maj7 – Am
  i – bIII7 – bVImaj7 – bIImaj7 – i

A Section

• Am – Cm – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – A♭m7 – D♭7 – G♭maj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – E7♯9
  i – biii – biii7 – bVI7 – bIImaj7 – bii7 – bV7 – bImaj7 – bi7 – bIV7 – VImaj7 – bvii7 – bIII7 – bVImaj7 – V7#9

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Am	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
C7	bIII7	Secondary dominant (V/bVI)	Intro, A Section
Fmaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	Intro, A Section
B♭maj7	bIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section
Cm	biii	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Cm7	biii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
F7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭m7	bii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E♭7	bV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A♭maj7	bImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
A♭m7	bi7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D♭7	bIV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
G♭maj7	VImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Gm7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7♯9	V7#9	In the key	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• C7 acts as V/bVI: it resolves to Fmaj7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Recordame (with intro)” (credited “Henderson Joe”, style Bossa Nova) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart.
• 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 “Recordame” (credited “Henderson Joe”, style Bossa Nova) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Artist as credited on the chart. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 93%).
• 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.