Just Like Heaven by The Cure

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 8

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

• A – E – Bm – D (×14)
  I – V – ii – IV

Verse 1

• A – E – Bm – D (×8)
  I – V – ii – IV

Interlude 1

• A – E – Bm – D (×8)
  I – V – ii – IV

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• F♯m – G (×3)
  vi – bVII
• D
  IV

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0359, 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.