Paparazzi by Zweieck

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Instrumental → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → Chorus → Instrumental → Chorus → 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.

Key changes

• Bridge moves to F♯ minor.
• Instrumental 1 moves to A major.
• Verse 3 moves to F♯ minor.
• Chorus 3 moves to A major.

Section by section

Intro

• D – E – A
  IV – V – I

Verse 1

• Bm – Bm/E
  ii – ii (bass E)
• F♯m – Bm – C♯m (×2)
  vi – ii – iii
• F♯m – A
  vi – I

Chorus 1

• D – E – G – A
  IV – V – bVII – I

Verse 2

• A – Bm – Bm/E
  I – ii – ii (bass E)
• F♯m – Bm – C♯m (×2)
  vi – ii – iii
• F♯m – A
  vi – I

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Bridge

• C♯ – F♯m – C♯ – D – C♯5 – C5 – B5
  V – i – V – bVI – V5 – bV5 – IV5

Instrumental 1

• A – Bm – Bm/E – F♯m – Bm – C♯m
  I – ii – ii (bass E) – vi – ii – iii

Verse 3

• F♯m – Bm – C♯m – F♯m – A
  i – iv – v – i – bIII

Chorus 3

• D
  IV

Instrumental 2

• E – G – A
  V – bVII – I

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Instrumental 3

• F♯5 – D – C♯5 – A
  VI5 – IV – III5 – I

Chorus 5

• D – E – G
  IV – V – bVII

Outro

• A – G♯5 – G5 – F♯
  I – VII5 – bVII5 – VI

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• G (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G5 (bVII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

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.