Tive Sim by Cartola

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 1

Form: Intro

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

• Gm – C9 – Fmaj7/A – A♭dim – Gm – C9 – Fmaj7 – D7 – G9 – B♭m/D♭ – C7 – Am – A♭7 – Gm – C9 – C7/B♭ – Fmaj7 – Fdim – E7♭9 – Am – B♭6 – Bm7♭5 – B♭m/D♭ – C7 – G9 – B♭m/D♭ – C7 – Am – B♭ – Gm – C7 – Fmaj7 – D7 – G9 – B♭m/D♭ – C7 – Am – A♭7 – Gm – C9 – C7/B♭ – Fmaj7 – Fdim – E7♭9 – Am – B♭6 – Bm7♭5 – B♭m/D♭ – C7 – G9 – B♭m/D♭ – C7 – Am – B♭ – Gm – C7 – Fmaj7
  ii – V9 – Imaj⁶₅ – biii° – ii – V9 – Imaj7 – VI7 – II9 – iv⁶ – V7 – iii – bIII7 – ii – V9 – V⁴₂ – Imaj7 – i° – VII7b9 – iii – IV6 – #ivø7 – iv⁶ – V7 – II9 – iv⁶ – V7 – iii – IV – ii – V7 – Imaj7 – VI7 – II9 – iv⁶ – V7 – iii – bIII7 – ii – V9 – V⁴₂ – Imaj7 – i° – VII7b9 – iii – IV6 – #ivø7 – iv⁶ – V7 – II9 – iv⁶ – V7 – iii – IV – ii – V7 – Imaj7
• D7 – Gm – C7 – F (×2)
  VI7 – ii – V7 – I
• D7
  VI7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Gm	ii	In the key	Intro
C9	V9	In the key	Intro
Fmaj7/A	Imaj⁶₅	Home chord (tonic)	Intro
A♭dim	biii°	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	Intro
D7	VI7	Secondary dominant (V/ii)	Intro
G9	II9	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
B♭m/D♭	iv⁶	Borrowed from F minor	Intro
C7	V7	In the key	Intro
Am	iii	In the key	Intro
A♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
C7/B♭	V⁴₂	In the key	Intro
Fdim	i°	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
E7♭9	VII7b9	Secondary dominant (V/iii)	Intro
B♭6	IV6	In the key	Intro
Bm7♭5	#ivø7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro
B♭	IV	In the key	Intro
F	I	Home chord (tonic)	Intro

Harmonic highlights

• B♭m/D♭ (iv⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• D7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Gm.
• E7♭9 acts as V/iii: it resolves to Am.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Tive Sim” (credited “Cartola”, 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 “Tive Sim” (credited “Cartola”, 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 98%).
• 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.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.