Invisible Touch by Genesis

Overview

Key: F major · Chords used: 20 · Sections: 13

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

• Fsus4 – F – B♭/F – C/F – Fsus4 – F – B♭/D – C9sus4 – C (×2)
  Isus4 – I – IV⁶₄ – V (bass F) – Isus4 – I – IV⁶ – V9sus4 – V

Verse 1

• Dm – B♭maj7 – Am – Fadd9 – Dm – B♭maj7 – Am – C
  vi – IVmaj7 – iii – Iadd9 – vi – IVmaj7 – iii – V

Pre-Chorus 1

• G
  II
• B♭ – F (×2)
  IV – I
• B♭ – C
  IV – V

Chorus 1

• Fsus4 – F – B♭/F – C/F – Fsus4 – F – B♭/D – C9sus4 – C (×2)
  Isus4 – I – IV⁶₄ – V (bass F) – Isus4 – I – IV⁶ – V9sus4 – V

Verse 2

• Dm – B♭maj7 – Am – F – Dm – B♭maj7 – Am – C
  vi – IVmaj7 – iii – I – vi – IVmaj7 – iii – V

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• E♭11
  bVII11

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

• Gsus4 – G – C/G – D/G – Gsus4 – G – C/E – D9sus4 – D (×4)
  IIsus4 – II – V⁶₄ – VI (bass G) – IIsus4 – II – V⁶ – VI9sus4 – VI

Chorus 5

• Gsus4 – G – C/G – D/G – Gsus4 – G – C/E – D9sus4 – D (×2)
  IIsus4 – II – V⁶₄ – VI (bass G) – IIsus4 – II – V⁶ – VI9sus4 – VI

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭11 (bVII11) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• G acts as V/V: it resolves to C/G.
• D/G acts as V/II: it resolves to Gsus4.
• D acts as V/II: it resolves to Gsus4.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1126, 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.