If You Nebver Come to Me ( Inútil Paisagem ) in D

Antonio Carlos Jobim / Ray Gilbert(1964)swing
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Chord Diagrams — If You Nebver Come to Me ( Inútil Paisagem ) in D (Guitar)

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If You Nebver Come to Me ( Inútil Paisagem ) in D

Key of D

D major is one of guitar's most resonant keys. The open D string acts as a droning root, and the open A string provides the fifth. This gives D-based strumming a wide, ringing quality that flatpicks and fingerpicks love. D is a beginner-level key on guitar because the open D and A strings provide a powerful bass foundation, and the open high E is the 2nd scale degree adding brightness. Beginners will find this key approachable since most chords use open voicings with minimal stretching.

Voice Leading

The bass line moves through D to C# (descending half step), C# to C (descending half step), C to B (descending half step), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to G (ascending minor third), G to C (ascending perfect fourth), C to F# (ascending tritone), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to D (ascending minor third), D to D# (ascending half step). A half-step bass movement creates a strong leading-tone pull that demands resolution. The root motion by larger intervals (fourths and fifths) gives each chord change a strong, decisive character. When the progression loops, the bass returns from D# to D by half step.

Scales for Improvisation

D major pentatonic works because every note is either a chord tone or a safe passing tone — there are no avoid notes. For soloing, this means you can play freely without clashing. Over dominant seventh chords, D Mixolydian adds the flat seventh for an authentic blues-rock edge.

swing4/4 · 32 bars · Form: A

Chords: DMaj7, C♯Maj7, CMaj7, B7, Em7, Gm7, C9, F♯7, B7♭9, D7, D♯9.

Scales for Improvisation D bebop, D bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of D