Twilight Zone by Golden Earring

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 8

Form: Intro → Instrumental → Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Solo → 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

• Bm
  i

Instrumental

• B5 – F♯5 – C♯5 – B5
  I5 – V5 – II5 – I5

Verse 1

• Bm – Em – F♯m (×2)
  i – iv – v
• Bm
  i

Chorus 1

• Bm – Asus4 – Gsus4 – F♯sus4
  i – bVIIsus4 – bVIsus4 – Vsus4
• G5 – E5 – B5 (×2)
  bVI5 – IV5 – I5

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• Bm – Asus4 – Gsus4 – F♯sus4
  i – bVIIsus4 – bVIsus4 – Vsus4
• G5 – E5 – B5 (×2)
  bVI5 – IV5 – I5
• E5
  IV5

Solo

• Bm
  i

Chorus 3

• Bm – Asus4 – Gsus4 – F♯sus4 (×2)
  i – bVIIsus4 – bVIsus4 – Vsus4
• G5 – E5 – B5 (×5)
  bVI5 – IV5 – I5

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• C♯5 (II5) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0170, 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.