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San Tropez by Pink Floyd

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 13 steps · 8 unique chords

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
IntroStep 1 of 13

D7

LeftD2, A2RightC4, F♯4, A4
D2A2C4A4F♯4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

No source cited for this step

Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 8 · Sections: 17

Form: Intro → A Section → B Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → C Section → B Section ×2 → C Section → Vamp → C Section → Vamp → C Section → Vamp → C Section → Vamp

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

  • D7
    V7

A Section 1

  • Gmaj7 – Gm6 (×2)
    Imaj7 – i6

B Section 1

  • G7 – A – A7 – C – C7 – D7
    I7 – II – II7 – IV – IV7 – V7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 1

  • Gmaj7 – Gm6
    Imaj7 – i6

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 4

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 3

  • Gmaj7
    Imaj7

Vamp 1

  • Gm6
    i6

C Section 4

Same chords as C Section 3.

Vamp 2

Same chords as Vamp 1.

C Section 5

Same chords as C Section 3.

Vamp 3

Same chords as Vamp 1.

C Section 6

Same chords as C Section 3.

Vamp 4

Same chords as Vamp 1.

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
D7V7In the keyIntro, B Section
Gmaj7Imaj7Home chord (tonic)A Section, C Section
Gm6i6Outside the key (chromatic)A Section, C Section, Vamp
G7I7Outside the key (chromatic)B Section
AIIOutside the key (chromatic)B Section
A7II7Outside the key (chromatic)B Section
CIVIn the keyB Section
C7IV7Outside the key (chromatic)B Section

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “San Tropez” (credited “Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)”, style Pop jazz) 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).
  • 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.
  • The chart's D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
  • About the song: Wikipedia.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “San Tropez” (credited “Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)”, style Pop jazz) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1IntroD7D2, A2C4, F♯4, A4—
2A Section 1 (×2)Gmaj7G2, D3D4, F♯4, B4—
3A Section 1 (×2)Gm6G2, D3D4, E4, B♭4—
4B Section 1G7G2, D3D4, F4, B4—
5B Section 1AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
6B Section 1A7A2, E3C♯4, E4, G4—
7B Section 1CC2, G2C4, E4, G4—
8B Section 1C7C2, G2B♭3, E4, G4—
9B Section 1D7D2, A2C4, F♯4, A4—
10C Section 1Gmaj7G2, D3D4, F♯4, B4—
11C Section 1Gm6G2, D3D4, E4, B♭4—
12C Section 3Gmaj7G2, D3D4, F♯4, B4—
13Vamp 1Gm6G2, D3D4, E4, B♭4—