Kisses on the Wind by Neneh Cherry

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 26 · Sections: 13

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

Instrumental

• D6 – C6 – D6 – B♭6 (×2)
  I6 – bVII6 – I6 – bVI6

Verse 1

• D6 – C6 – D6 – B♭6 (×2)
  I6 – bVII6 – I6 – bVI6

Pre-Chorus 1

• Gm7 – E♭maj7 – Gm9 – Am
  iv7 – bIImaj7 – iv9 – v

Chorus 1

• D – F/C – C (×2)
  I – bIII⁶₄ – bVII
• D – F5 – C – F – C – G
  I – bIII5 – bVII – bIII – bVII – IV

Verse 2

• Bm7/D – C6 – Bm7/D – B♭maj7 – Bm7/D – C6 – Bm7/D – B♭6
  vi⁶₅ – bVII6 – vi⁶₅ – bVImaj7 – vi⁶₅ – bVII6 – vi⁶₅ – bVI6

Pre-Chorus 2

• Gm9 – E♭maj9 – Gm9 – Am7
  iv9 – bIImaj9 – iv9 – v7

Chorus 2

• D – Csus4 – C (×2)
  I – bVIIsus4 – bVII
• D
  I
• F – C (×2)
  bIII – bVII
• G
  IV

Bridge

• Em – Em/F♯ – Em9/G – Em9/A – Dm – Dm/E – Dm7/F – Dm7 – Em – Em/F♯ – Em9/G – Em9/A – Dm7
  ii – ii (bass F♯) – ii9 (bass G) – ii9 (bass A) – i – i (bass E) – i⁶₅ – i7 – ii – ii (bass F♯) – ii9 (bass G) – ii9 (bass A) – i7

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

• D – F/C – C (×2)
  I – bIII⁶₄ – bVII
• D
  I
• F – C (×2)
  bIII – bVII
• G
  IV

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 3.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 3.

Chorus 6

• D – F/C – C (×2)
  I – bIII⁶₄ – bVII
• D
  I
• F – C (×2)
  bIII – bVII
• G – D
  IV – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C6 (bVII6) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭6 (bVI6) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Gm9 (iv9) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Am (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F/C (bIII⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• C (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F5 (bIII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• F (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• B♭maj7 (bVImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Am7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Csus4 (bVIIsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Dm (i) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Dm/E (i (bass E)) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Dm7/F (i⁶₅) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.
• Dm7 (i7) 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 0370, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 2 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.