Pretty in Pink by Psychedelic Furs

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 10

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

• D – G – A (×4)
  I – IV – V

Verse 1

• D – D/C – Em – A (×4)
  I – I (bass C) – ii – V

Chorus 1

• Em – F♯m – G – F♯m (×2)
  ii – iii – IV – iii

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude

• D – G – A (×4)
  I – IV – V

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Solo

• D – G – A (×4)
  I – IV – V

Outro

• D – G – A (×8)
  I – IV – V

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0729, 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.