It Takes Two by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Verse → 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

• Fm – E♭ – Fm
  bvii – bVI – bvii

Chorus 1

• G – F (×4)
  I – bVII
• G
  I

Verse 1

• G – F (×4)
  I – bVII
• G
  I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 2

• G – F (×5)
  I – bVII
• G
  I

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Verse 4

• G – F – G
  I – bVII – I

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• G – F – G
  I – bVII – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1109, 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.