Silent Lucidity by Queensryche

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 28 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Transition → Bridge → Verse → Chorus → 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

• G – Gadd9 (×2)
  I – Iadd9
• Em9 – Em7 (×2)
  vi9 – vi7

Verse 1

• G – Gadd9 – G – Gadd9 – Em9 – Em7 – Em9 – Em7 (×2)
  I – Iadd9 – I – Iadd9 – vi9 – vi7 – vi9 – vi7
• C – Cadd9 (×2)
  IV – IVadd9
• Am7 – Am11 (×2)
  ii7 – ii11
• C – Cadd9 (×2)
  IV – IVadd9
• Am7 – Am11 – G5
  ii7 – ii11 – I5

Transition 1

• G – Gadd9 (×2)
  I – Iadd9
• Em9 – Em7 (×2)
  vi9 – vi7

Verse 2

• G – Gadd9 – G – Gadd9 – Em9 – Em7 – Em9 – Em7 (×2)
  I – Iadd9 – I – Iadd9 – vi9 – vi7 – vi9 – vi7
• C – Cadd9 (×2)
  IV – IVadd9
• Am7 – Am11 (×2)
  ii7 – ii11
• C – Cadd9 (×2)
  IV – IVadd9
• Am7 – Am11 – Am7
  ii7 – ii11 – ii7

Chorus 1

• D – C69 (×4)
  V – IV69

Transition 2

• G – Gadd9 (×2)
  I – Iadd9

Bridge

• E♭
  bVI
• Csus2 – C (×2)
  IVsus2 – IV
• E♭ – Csus2 – C – B♭ – A♭ – Cmadd9/G – F7sus2 – F – E♭ – Cm6/E♭ – Gm/D – Cm6/D – Dm – Dmadd9 – Csus4 – Cm – B♭maj7 – B♭add9 – A♭maj7 – G
  bVI – IVsus2 – IV – bIII – bII – ivadd9 (bass G) – bVII7sus2 – bVII – bVI – iv6 (bass E♭) – i⁶₄ – iv6 (bass D) – v – vadd9 – IVsus4 – iv – bIIImaj7 – bIIIadd9 – bIImaj7 – I

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 2.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• G – Gadd9 (×5)
  I – Iadd9
• G
  I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭ (bVI) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B♭ (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cmadd9/G (ivadd9 (bass G)) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F7sus2 (bVII7sus2) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm6/E♭ (iv6 (bass E♭)) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Gm/D (i⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm6/D (iv6 (bass D)) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Dm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Csus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• Cm (iv) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B♭maj7 (bIIImaj7) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B♭add9 (bIIIadd9) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0670, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 1 chord was 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.