Right Here, Right Now by Jesus Jones

Overview

Key: D major · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → Pre-Chorus → Chorus ×3

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

• D5 – E/D – Em7(no5)/D – G/D – D – A5/D (×2)
  I5 – II (bass D) – ii7(no5) (bass D) – IV⁶₄ – I – V5 (bass D)

Verse 1

• D5 – E/D – Em7(no5)/D – G/D – D – A5/D (×2)
  I5 – II (bass D) – ii7(no5) (bass D) – IV⁶₄ – I – V5 (bass D)

Pre-Chorus 1

• G – D/G – Em/G – D/C
  IV – I (bass G) – ii⁶ – I (bass C)

Chorus 1

• D – E/D – Em7(no5)/D – G/D – D – Em/D (×2)
  I – II (bass D) – ii7(no5) (bass D) – IV⁶₄ – I – ii (bass D)

Verse 2

• D – E/D – Em7(no5)/D – G/D – D – Em/D (×2)
  I – II (bass D) – ii7(no5) (bass D) – IV⁶₄ – I – ii (bass D)

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• D5
  I5

Solo

• D7(no3)
  I7(no3)

Pre-Chorus 3

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D7(no3) (I7(no3)) is borrowed from the parallel key, D minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1169, 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.