Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Chorus → 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

• A7(no3)/G – A7(no3) – A7(no3)/B – A7(no3)/C# (×2)
  V7(no3) (bass G) – V7(no3) – V7(no3) (bass B) – V7(no3) (bass C♯)

Verse 1

• A7(no3)/G – A7(no3) – A7(no3)/B – A7(no3)/C# (×3)
  V7(no3) (bass G) – V7(no3) – V7(no3) (bass B) – V7(no3) (bass C♯)

Pre-Chorus 1

• D – G – A (×3)
  I – IV – V
• D
  I

Chorus 1

• A – D (×3)
  V – I
• A
  V

Transition 1

• B♭9 – C/F – Gm7 – Am7 – A7(no3)/B – A7(no3)/C#
  bVI9 – bVII (bass F) – iv7 – v7 – V7(no3) (bass B) – V7(no3) (bass C♯)

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Bridge

• B♭69 – F69/A – Gm11 – F69/A – G7sus4
  bVI69 – bIII69 (bass A) – iv11 – bIII69 (bass A) – IV7sus4
• F69/A – B♭69 (×2)
  bIII69 (bass A) – bVI69
• Cadd9 – B♭69 (×3)
  bVIIadd9 – bVI69
• Cadd9 – D
  bVIIadd9 – I

Chorus 3

• A – D (×7)
  V – I
• A
  V

Outro

• B♭9 – C/F – Gm7 – Am7 – B♭maj7 – C/F – C – D (×7)
  bVI9 – bVII (bass F) – iv7 – v7 – bVImaj7 – bVII (bass F) – bVII – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C/F (bVII (bass F)) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Am7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭69 (bVI69) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F69/A (bIII69 (bass A)) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm11 (iv11) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• G7sus4 (IV7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Cadd9 (bVIIadd9) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭maj7 (bVImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0293, 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.