Private Dancer by Tina Turner

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 26 · Sections: 17

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Solo → Solo → Chorus → Verse → Chorus ×4 → 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

Intro

• Em9 – Dmaj7 – Cmaj9 – Dmaj7 (×6)
  vi9 – Vmaj7 – IVmaj9 – Vmaj7

Verse 1

• Em7 – Bm – Cmaj7 – Em7 – Bm7 – Am7 – D7sus4 (×4)
  vi7 – iii – IVmaj7 – vi7 – iii7 – ii7 – V7sus4

Chorus 1

• Gsus4 – G – Gadd9 – Em11 – Dsus4 – D – Fmaj9 – F♯m7♭5 – A7/G – C9 – Em7
  Isus4 – I – Iadd9 – vi11 – Vsus4 – V – bVIImaj9 – viiø7 – II⁴₂ – IV9 – vi7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• Gsus4 – G – Gadd9 – Em11 – Dsus4 – D – Fmaj9 – F♯m7♭5 – B7 – Em7 – D9sus4
  Isus4 – I – Iadd9 – vi11 – Vsus4 – V – bVIImaj9 – viiø7 – III7 – vi7 – V9sus4

Chorus 3

• Gsus4 – G – Gadd9 – Em11 – Dsus4 – D – Fmaj9 – F♯m7♭5 – A7/G – C9 – Em11
  Isus4 – I – Iadd9 – vi11 – Vsus4 – V – bVIImaj9 – viiø7 – II⁴₂ – IV9 – vi11

Bridge

• A9 – C♯dim – C7 – B7
  II9 – #iv° – IV7 – III7

Solo 1

• Em9 – Dmaj7/E – Cmaj9/E – Dmaj7 (×4)
  vi9 – Vmaj7 (bass E) – IVmaj9 (bass E) – Vmaj7

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 3

• Em9 – Dmaj7/E – Cmaj9/E – Dmaj7 (×3)
  vi9 – Vmaj7 (bass E) – IVmaj9 (bass E) – Vmaj7
• Em9 – Dmaj7/E – Cmaj9/E – D7sus4 – D
  vi9 – Vmaj7 (bass E) – IVmaj9 (bass E) – V7sus4 – V

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 3.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 7

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 8

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 9

• Gsus4 – G – Gadd9 – Em11 – Dsus4 – D – Fmaj9 – F♯m7♭5 – B7 – Em7 – D9sus4 – Gsus4 – G – Gadd9 – Em11
  Isus4 – I – Iadd9 – vi11 – Vsus4 – V – bVIImaj9 – viiø7 – III7 – vi7 – V9sus4 – Isus4 – I – Iadd9 – vi11

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• B7 acts as V/vi: it resolves to Em7.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0524, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 11 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.