All She Wants Is by Duran Duran
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 10 steps · 3 unique chords · 1980s
Dm
Whole song transcribed by
Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: D minor · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 7
Form: Intro → Verse → Solo → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Outro
Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription 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
- Dm – Dm/A (×2)
i – i⁶₄
Verse 1
- Dm – Dm/A (×4)
i – i⁶₄
Solo
- Dm – Dm/A
i – i⁶₄
Verse 2
Same chords as Verse 1.
Chorus
- Dm7
i7
Interlude
- Dm7
i7
Outro
- Dm – Dm/A (×8)
i – i⁶₄
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dm | i | Home chord (tonic) | Intro, Verse, Solo, Outro |
| Dm/A | i⁶₄ | Home chord (tonic) | Intro, Verse, Solo, Outro |
| Dm7 | i7 | Home chord (tonic) | Chorus, Interlude |
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0592, CC0), via ChoCo.
- Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0592, CC0), via ChoCo.
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro (×2) | Dm | D2, A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 2 | Intro (×2) | Dm/A | A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 3 | Verse 1 (×4) | Dm | D2, A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 4 | Verse 1 (×4) | Dm/A | A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 5 | Solo | Dm | D2, A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 6 | Solo | Dm/A | A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 7 | Chorus | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 8 | Interlude | Dm7 | D2, A2 | C4, F4, A4 | — |
| 9 | Outro (×8) | Dm | D2, A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |
| 10 | Outro (×8) | Dm/A | A2 | D4, F4, A4 | — |