Slow Hot Wind by Henry Mancini

Overview

Key: F minor · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 6

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → Bridge → 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

• Fm9
  i9

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• Fm9 – D♭7♯11 – Fm9 – B7♯11 – B♭m9 – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm9 – Gm7♭5 – C7
  i9 – bVI7#11 – i9 – #IV7#11 – iv9 – iiø7 – V7 – i9 – iiø7 – V7

A Section 2

• Fm9 – D♭7♯11 – Fm9 – B7♯11 – B♭m9 – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm9 – D7♯11
  i9 – bVI7#11 – i9 – #IV7#11 – iv9 – iiø7 – V7 – i9 – VI7#11

Bridge

• D♭maj7♯11 – Cmaj7 – Bmaj7 – Bm9 – E9sus4 – Amaj7 – A♭maj7 – Gm7 – C7♭9
  bVImaj7#11 – Vmaj7 – #IVmaj7 – #iv9 – VII9sus4 – IIImaj7 – bIIImaj7 – ii7 – V7b9

A Section 3

• Fm9 – D♭7♯11 – Fm9 – B7♯11 – B♭m9 – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm9 – Gm7♭5 – C7♯9 – Fm9 – B♭7♯11
  i9 – bVI7#11 – i9 – #IV7#11 – iv9 – iiø7 – V7 – i9 – iiø7 – V7#9 – i9 – IV7#11

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Fm9	i9	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
D♭7♯11	bVI7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B7♯11	#IV7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
B♭m9	iv9	In the key	A Section
Gm7♭5	iiø7	In the key	A Section
C7	V7	In the key	A Section
D7♯11	VI7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D♭maj7♯11	bVImaj7#11	In the key	Bridge
Cmaj7	Vmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Bmaj7	#IVmaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Bm9	#iv9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
E9sus4	VII9sus4	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
Amaj7	IIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Bridge
A♭maj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	Bridge
Gm7	ii7	Borrowed from F major	Bridge
C7♭9	V7b9	In the key	Bridge
C7♯9	V7#9	In the key	A Section
B♭7♯11	IV7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• Gm7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Slow Hot Wind-Rev JE” (credited “Mancini Henry”, 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 “Slow Hot Wind-Rev JE” (credited “Mancini Henry”, style Latin) 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 97%).
• 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.
• 7 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.