Un homme et une femme by Francis Lai

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 10 · Sections: 7

Form: A Section → A Section → B Section → A Section ×2 → A Section → Outro

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

• E♭maj7 – D7 – D♭maj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – F6 – Fmaj7
  bVIImaj7 – VI7 – bVImaj7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – I6 – Imaj7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section

• E♭m9 – A♭7 – D♭maj7
  bvii9 – bIII7 – bVImaj7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 4

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 5

• E♭maj7 – D7 – D♭maj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – F6 – Gm7
  bVIImaj7 – VI7 – bVImaj7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj7 – I6 – ii7

Outro

• Gm7
  ii7
• Fmaj7 – Emaj7 – E♭maj7 – Emaj7 (×2)
  Imaj7 – VIImaj7 – bVIImaj7 – VIImaj7
• Fmaj7
  Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
E♭maj7	bVIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section, Outro
D7	VI7	Outside the key (chromatic)	A Section
D♭maj7	bVImaj7	Borrowed from F minor	A Section, B Section
Gm7	ii7	In the key	A Section, Outro
C7	V7	In the key	A Section
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, Outro
F6	I6	Home chord (tonic)	A Section
E♭m9	bvii9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
A♭7	bIII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Emaj7	VIImaj7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Outro

Harmonic highlights

• D♭maj7 (bVImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Un Homme Et Une Femme” (credited “Lai Francis”, style Medium Swing) 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 “Man And A Woman, A (Beloff arr.)” (credited “Francis Lai, Pierre Barouh (Jerry Keller-Eng. Words)”, style Bossa Nova) 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 79%).
• 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.