Two Hearts by Phil Collins

Overview

Key: G major · Chords used: 18 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus ×2 → Transition → Bridge → Chorus ×3 → 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

• C – D – G (×2)
  IV – V – I

Interlude 1

• G – A/G (×4)
  I – II (bass G)

Verse 1

• G – A/G (×4)
  I – II (bass G)
• Am – Bm7 – Am/C – D7sus2 (×2)
  ii – iii7 – ii⁶ – V7sus2

Chorus 1

• C – D – G (×2)
  IV – V – I

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Transition

• E♭/G – A♭ – F/A – B♭
  bVI⁶ – bII – bVII⁶ – bIII

Bridge

• Bmaj7 – A♭m7 – B♭m7 – D♭/E♭ – A♭m7 – B♭m7 – B♭7sus4 – Bmaj7 – A♭m7 – B♭m7 – D♭/E♭ – A♭m7 – Am7 – D7sus2
  IIImaj7 – bii7 – biii7 – bV (bass E♭) – bii7 – biii7 – bIII7sus4 – IIImaj7 – bii7 – biii7 – bV (bass E♭) – bii7 – ii7 – V7sus2

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 6

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chorus 7

• C – D – G (×2)
  IV – V – I
• C
  IV

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• E♭/G (bVI⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• F/A (bVII⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, G minor.
• B♭ (bIII) 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 0043, 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.