Sina by Djavan

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → C Section → Intro → A Section → B Section → C 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

• A – D/A (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• A – D/A – A – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7♯9 – F♯m7 – Em7 – A7sus4 – Dmaj7 – D♯dim
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – viiø7 – III7#9 – vi7 – v7 – I7sus4 – IVmaj7 – #iv°

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• E7sus4 – D9 – C♯7♯9 – F♯m7 – E7sus4 – D9 – E7sus4
  V7sus4 – IV9 – III7#9 – vi7 – V7sus4 – IV9 – V7sus4

C Section 1

• A – D/A – A – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7♯9 – F♯m7 – Em7 – A7sus4 – Dmaj7
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – viiø7 – III7#9 – vi7 – v7 – I7sus4 – IVmaj7

Intro 3

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section 2

• A – D/A – A – G♯m7♭5 – C♯7♯9 – F♯m7 – Em7 – A7sus4 – Dmaj7 – E7sus4
  I – IV⁶₄ – I – viiø7 – III7#9 – vi7 – v7 – I7sus4 – IVmaj7 – V7sus4

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
A	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section, C Section
D/A	IV⁶₄	In the key	Intro, A Section, C Section
G♯m7♭5	viiø7	In the key	A Section, C Section
C♯7♯9	III7#9	Secondary dominant (V/vi)	A Section, B Section, C Section
F♯m7	vi7	In the key	A Section, B Section, C Section
Em7	v7	Borrowed from A minor	A Section, C Section
A7sus4	I7sus4	Borrowed from A minor	A Section, C Section
Dmaj7	IVmaj7	In the key	A Section, C Section
D♯dim	#iv°	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
E7sus4	V7sus4	In the key	B Section, C Section
D9	IV9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• Em7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• A7sus4 (I7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• C♯7♯9 acts as V/vi: it resolves to F♯m7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Sina” (credited “Djavan”, style Brazilian 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 “Sina” (credited “Djavan”, style Afoxe) 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 65%).
• 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.
• 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.