Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 12 · Sections: 13

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Pre-Chorus → Chorus ×4

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

• F – E♭ – Dadd9 – E♭ – D – Cm7 – B♭/D – E♭ – F – Gm7
  bVII – bVI – Vadd9 – bVI – V – iv7 – bIII⁶ – bVI – bVII – i7

Verse 1

• Gm7 – F – E♭maj7 – D7 – E♭maj7 – F – Gm7
  i7 – bVII – bVImaj7 – V7 – bVImaj7 – bVII – i7

Pre-Chorus 1

• Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – Gm7 – Cm7 – D7 – Gm – Cm7 – F7 – B♭maj7 – Gm7 – Cm7 – D7
  iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – i7 – iv7 – V7 – i – iv7 – bVII7 – bIIImaj7 – i7 – iv7 – V7

Chorus 1

• Gm7
  i7

Interlude

• F – E♭ – Dadd9 – E♭ – D – Cm7 – B♭/D – E♭ – F – Gm7
  bVII – bVI – Vadd9 – bVI – V – iv7 – bIII⁶ – bVI – bVII – i7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

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.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dadd9 (Vadd9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0193, 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.