Devil Woman by Cliff Richard

Overview

Key: D minor · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Chorus ×2 → Chorus

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

• D – G5/D – F5/D – C(no5)/D – D5/A – D – G5/D – F5/D – C(no5)/D – D5
  I – IV5 (bass D) – bIII5 (bass D) – bVII(no5) (bass D) – I5 (bass A) – I – IV5 (bass D) – bIII5 (bass D) – bVII(no5) (bass D) – I5

Verse 1

• D – G5/D – F5/D – C(no5)/D – D5 (×2)
  I – IV5 (bass D) – bIII5 (bass D) – bVII(no5) (bass D) – I5
• C – Dm (×3)
  bVII – i
• C – B♭ – A
  bVII – bVI – V

Chorus 1

• Dm – B♭ – C (×2)
  i – bVI – bVII

Transition 1

• D – G5/D – F5/D – C(no5)/D – D5
  I – IV5 (bass D) – bIII5 (bass D) – bVII(no5) (bass D) – I5

Verse 2

• D – G5/D – F5/D – C(no5)/D – D5 (×2)
  I – IV5 (bass D) – bIII5 (bass D) – bVII(no5) (bass D) – I5
• C – Dm (×3)
  bVII – i
• C/D – B♭ – A
  bVII (bass D) – bVI – V

Chorus 2

• Dm – B♭ – C (×2)
  i – bVI – bVII
• B♭ – C (×2)
  bVI – bVII

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

• Dm – B♭ – C
  i – bVI – bVII

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, D major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1073, 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.