Misunderstanding by Genesis

Overview

Key: C major · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 7

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

• Dm – Em7 – Dm7/F – Am – G (×3)
  ii – iii7 – ii⁶₅ – vi – V
• C – C/E – C/G
  I – I⁶ – I⁶₄

Chorus 1

• Dm – Em7 – Dm7/F – Am – G (×3)
  ii – iii7 – ii⁶₅ – vi – V
• C – C/E – C/G
  I – I⁶ – I⁶₄

Verse

• Dm – Em7 – Dm7/F – Am – G (×3)
  ii – iii7 – ii⁶₅ – vi – V
• C – C/E – C/G
  I – I⁶ – I⁶₄

Bridge 1

• A♭ – B♭/A♭ (×4)
  bVI – bVII (bass A♭)
• Gm7 – Fm7 (×2)
  v7 – iv7
• Gm7 – A
  v7 – VI

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Outro

• Dm – Em7 – Dm7/F – Am – G (×8)
  ii – iii7 – ii⁶₅ – vi – V

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• B♭/A♭ (bVII (bass A♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Gm7 (v7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.
• Fm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, C minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0393, 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.