Stolen Moments by Oliver Nelson

Overview

Key: C minor · Chords used: 21 · Sections: 5

Form: Intro → Solo → Solo → B Section → 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

• Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm7/G – E♭maj7/C – E♭maj7/G
  i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii7 (bass G) – bIIImaj7 (bass C) – bIIImaj⁶₅
• Dm7/C – Dm7/G – Cm7 – Cm7/G (×2)
  ii⁴₂ – ii7 (bass G) – i7 – i⁴₃
• Dm7/C – Fm7 – Gm7/F – G9 – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm – F♯m – Fm – Em – E♭m – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm – Cm
  ii⁴₂ – iv7 – v⁴₂ – V9 – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii – #ii – iii – iv – #iv – iv – iii – biii – ii – #ii – iii – iv – i

Solo 1

• G7 – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm7/G – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Fm7 – Gm7/F – G9 – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm – F♯m – Fm – Em – E♭m – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm – Cm
  V7 – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii7 (bass G) – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – iv7 – v⁴₂ – V9 – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii – #ii – iii – iv – #iv – iv – iii – biii – ii – #ii – iii – iv – i

Solo 2

• G7
  V7

B Section

• Cm7 – C7 – Fm7 – G7 – Cm7 – E♭7 – A♭7 – G7 – Cm7 – A♭7 – G7
  i7 – I7 – iv7 – V7 – i7 – bIII7 – bVI7 – V7 – i7 – bVI7 – V7

A Section

• Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm7/G – E♭maj7/C – E♭maj7/G
  i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii7 (bass G) – bIIImaj7 (bass C) – bIIImaj⁶₅
• Dm7/C – Dm7/G – Cm7 – Cm7/G (×2)
  ii⁴₂ – ii7 (bass G) – i7 – i⁴₃
• Dm7/C – Fm7 – Gm7/F – G9 – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm – F♯m – Fm – Em – E♭m – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm – Cm – G7 – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm7/G – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Fm7 – Gm7/F – G9 – Cm7 – Cm7/G – Dm7/C – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm – F♯m – Fm – Em – E♭m – Dm – D♯m – Em – Fm
  ii⁴₂ – iv7 – v⁴₂ – V9 – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii – #ii – iii – iv – #iv – iv – iii – biii – ii – #ii – iii – iv – i – V7 – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii7 (bass G) – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – iv7 – v⁴₂ – V9 – i7 – i⁴₃ – ii⁴₂ – ii – #ii – iii – iv – #iv – iv – iii – biii – ii – #ii – iii – iv
• Cm – G7 (×2)
  i – V7
• F7sus4
  IV7sus4

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Cm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Solo, B Section, A Section
Cm7/G	i⁴₃	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Solo, A Section
Dm7/C	ii⁴₂	Borrowed from C major	Intro, Solo, A Section
Dm7/G	ii7 (bass G)	Borrowed from C major	Intro, Solo, A Section
E♭maj7/C	bIIImaj7 (bass C)	In the key	Intro, A Section
E♭maj7/G	bIIImaj⁶₅	In the key	Intro, A Section
Fm7	iv7	In the key	Intro, Solo, B Section, A Section
Gm7/F	v⁴₂	In the key	Intro, Solo, A Section
G9	V9	Borrowed from C major	Intro, Solo, A Section
Dm	ii	Borrowed from C major	Intro, Solo, A Section
D♯m	#ii	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, Solo, A Section
Em	iii	Borrowed from C major	Intro, Solo, A Section
Fm	iv	In the key	Intro, Solo, A Section
F♯m	#iv	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, Solo, A Section
E♭m	biii	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, Solo, A Section
Cm	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, Solo, A Section
G7	V7	In the key	Solo, B Section, A Section
C7	I7	Secondary dominant (V/iv)	B Section
E♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A♭7	bVI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
F7sus4	IV7sus4	In the key	A Section

Harmonic highlights

• Dm7/C (ii⁴₂) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• Dm7/G (ii7 (bass G)) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• G9 (V9) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• Dm (ii) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• Em (iii) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• C7 acts as V/iv: it resolves to Fm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Stolen Moments-Rev JE” (credited “Nelson Oliver”, style Swing Two-Four) 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 “Stolen Moments-Rev JE 1” (credited “Nelson Oliver”, style Swing Two-Four) 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 94%).
• 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.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• 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.