Liebesleid by Zweieck

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 15 · Sections: 15

Form: Intro → Verse → Verse → Bridge → Bridge → Chorus → Instrumental → Verse ×2 → Instrumental → Bridge → Chorus → Bridge → Bridge → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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 – Dm7 – Cmaj7
  VI7 – ii7 – Imaj7

Verse 1

• Cm – Fm – B♭ – E♭ – A♭ – D♭ – Gsus4 – G – Cm
  i – iv – bVII – bIII – bVI – bII – Vsus4 – V – i

Verse 2

• Fm – B♭ – E♭ – A♭ – D♭ – Gsus4 – G – Cm
  iv – bVII – bIII – bVI – bII – Vsus4 – V – i

Bridge 1

• A♭ – E♭
  bVI – bIII
• D♭ – Cm (×2)
  bII – i
• Gsus4 – G – Cm
  Vsus4 – V – i

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Chorus 1

• C – Dm – G – C – A7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G – C – Dm – G7 – C – A7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G – Cm
  I – ii – V – I – VI7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V – I – ii – V7 – I – VI7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V – i

Instrumental 1

• Fm – B♭ – E♭ – A♭ – D♭ – Gsus4 – G – Cm
  iv – bVII – bIII – bVI – bII – Vsus4 – V – i

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Verse 4

Same chords as Verse 2.

Instrumental 2

• C – Dm – G – C – A7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G
  I – ii – V – I – VI7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V

Bridge 3

• C – Dm – G7 – C – A7 – Dm7 – G
  I – ii – V7 – I – VI7 – ii7 – V

Chorus 2

• C – Dm – G – C6 – A7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G
  I – ii – V – I6 – VI7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V

Bridge 4

• C – Dm – G7 – C – A7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G
  I – ii – V7 – I – VI7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V

Bridge 5

• C – Dm – G7 – C – A7 – Dm7 – Gsus4 – G – C
  I – ii – V7 – I – VI7 – ii7 – Vsus4 – V – I

Outro

• Dm – Gsus4 – Cmaj7
  ii – Vsus4 – Imaj7

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm (i) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Fm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• E♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• A7 acts as V/ii: it resolves to Dm7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.