Serrado by Djavan

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 3

Form: A Section → 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 1

• Am9 – D9 (×3)
  i9 – IV9
• Am9 – A♭m7
  i9 – bi7
• Gm7 – C9 (×2)
  bvii7 – bIII9
• Fmaj7♯5 – Fmaj7 – Bm9 – B♭7♯11 – E7♯9
  bVImaj7#5 – bVImaj7 – ii9 – bII7#11 – V7#9

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section

• Am9 – D9 (×3)
  i9 – IV9
• Am9 – Am7 – A♭m7
  i9 – i7 – bi7
• Gm7 – C9 (×2)
  bvii7 – bIII9
• F♯m7♭5 – B7♭9 – F7♯11 – Bm7♭5 – E7♯9 – Am9 – Am7 – A♭m7 – Gm7 – C9 – Fmaj7 – F6 – Bm7♭5 – E7 – Am7 – Gm7 – C9 – Fmaj7 – F6 – Bm7♭5
  viø7 – II7b9 – bVI7#11 – iiø7 – V7#9 – i9 – i7 – bi7 – bvii7 – bIII9 – bVImaj7 – bVI6 – iiø7 – V7 – i7 – bvii7 – bIII9 – bVImaj7 – bVI6 – iiø7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Am9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
D9	IV9	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
A♭m7	bi7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
Gm7	bvii7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, B Section
C9	bIII9	Secondary dominant (V/bVI)	B Section
Fmaj7♯5	bVImaj7#5	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
Fmaj7	bVImaj7	In the key	A Section, B Section
Bm9	ii9	Borrowed from A major	A Section
B♭7♯11	bII7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7♯9	V7#9	In the key	A Section, B Section
Am7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	B Section
F♯m7♭5	viø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B7♭9	II7b9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
F7♯11	bVI7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Bm7♭5	iiø7	In the key	B Section
F6	bVI6	In the key	B Section
E7	V7	In the key	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• Bm9 (ii9) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.
• C9 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 “Serrado” (credited “Djavan”, style Samba) 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 “Serrado” (credited “Djavan”, style Samba) 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 100%).
• 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.
• 3 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.