Under Paris Skies by Hubert Giraud

Overview

Key: F minor · Chords used: 25 · Sections: 14

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

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

• Fm
  i

Intro 2

• Fm – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm – B♭m (×2)
  i – iiø7 – V7 – i – iv
• Fm
  i
• B♭m7 – E♭7 (×2)
  iv7 – bVII7
• A♭maj7 – B♭m7 – Gm7♭5 – Fm – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fmaj7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7 – A7/E – Dm – C♯dim – Dm – G7 – C7 – Fmaj7 – C7 – Fmaj7/C – F♯dim7/C – Gm7♭5/C – C7
  bIIImaj7 – iv7 – iiø7 – i – iiø7 – V7 – Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj7 – III⁴₃ – vi – #v° – vi – II7 – V7 – Imaj7 – V7 – Imaj⁴₃ – #i°⁴₃ – iiø7 (bass C) – V7

B Section 1

• Fm – B♭m – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm
  i – iv – iiø7 – V7 – i

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

C Section

• B♭m7 – E♭7 – A♭maj7 – B♭m7 – C7
  iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – iv7 – V7

B Section 3

• Fm – B♭m – Gm7♭5
  i – iv – iiø7
• C7 – Fmaj7 (×2)
  V7 – Imaj7
• Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7 – A7/E – Dm – C♯dim – Dm7 – G7 – Gm7 – C7 – Fmaj7/C – F♯dim7/C – Gm7♭5/C – C7
  v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj7 – III⁴₃ – vi – #v° – vi7 – II7 – ii7 – V7 – Imaj⁴₃ – #i°⁴₃ – iiø7 (bass C) – V7

A Section 1

• Fm
  i

A Section 2

• Fm – Gm7♭5 – C7 – Fm – B♭m (×2)
  i – iiø7 – V7 – i – iv
• Fm
  i
• B♭m7 – E♭7 (×2)
  iv7 – bVII7
• A♭maj7 – B♭m7 – C7
  bIIImaj7 – iv7 – V7

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 4

• Fm – Gm7♭5 – C7
  i – iiø7 – V7

B Section 4

• Fmaj7 – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – B♭m7 – E♭7 – Fmaj7 – A7 – Dm – C♯dim7 – Dm – G7 – C7 – F – C7 – Fmaj7/C – F♯dim7/C – Gm7♭5/C – C7
  Imaj7 – v7 – I7 – IVmaj7 – iv7 – bVII7 – Imaj7 – III7 – vi – #v°7 – vi – II7 – V7 – I – V7 – Imaj⁴₃ – #i°⁴₃ – iiø7 (bass C) – V7

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 6

Same chords as A Section 4.

Tag

• C7
  V7
• Fmaj7/C – Gm7/C (×3)
  Imaj⁴₃ – ii7 (bass C)
• Fm6
  i6

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
Fm	i	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, B Section, A Section
Gm7♭5	iiø7	In the key	Intro, B Section, A Section
C7	V7	In the key	Intro, B Section, C Section, A Section, Tag
B♭m	iv	In the key	Intro, B Section, A Section
B♭m7	iv7	In the key	Intro, C Section, B Section, A Section
E♭7	bVII7	In the key	Intro, C Section, B Section, A Section
A♭maj7	bIIImaj7	In the key	Intro, C Section, A Section
Fmaj7	Imaj7	Borrowed from F major	Intro, B Section
Cm7	v7	In the key	Intro, B Section
F7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, B Section
B♭maj7	IVmaj7	Borrowed from F major	Intro, B Section
A7/E	III⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, B Section
Dm	vi	Borrowed from F major	Intro, B Section
C♯dim	#v°	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, B Section
G7	II7	Secondary dominant (V/V)	Intro, B Section
Fmaj7/C	Imaj⁴₃	Borrowed from F major	Intro, B Section, Tag
F♯dim7/C	#i°⁴₃	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, B Section
Gm7♭5/C	iiø7 (bass C)	In the key	Intro, B Section
Dm7	vi7	Borrowed from F major	B Section
Gm7	ii7	Borrowed from F major	B Section
A7	III7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
C♯dim7	#v°7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
F	I	Borrowed from F major	B Section
Gm7/C	ii7 (bass C)	Borrowed from F major	Tag
Fm6	i6	Outside the key (chromatic)	Tag

Harmonic highlights

• Fmaj7 (Imaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• B♭maj7 (IVmaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• Dm (vi) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• Fmaj7/C (Imaj⁴₃) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• Dm7 (vi7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• Gm7 (ii7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• F (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• Gm7/C (ii7 (bass C)) is borrowed from the parallel key, F major.
• G7 acts as V/V: it resolves to C7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Under Paris Skies-Rev JE” (credited “Giraud Hubert”, style Jazz - 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 “Under Paris Skies” (credited “Giraud Hubert”, style Waltz) 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 77%).
• 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.