We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) by Tina Turner

Overview

Key: B major · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Bridge → Solo → Chorus → 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

• B – F♯ (×2)
  I – V
• C♯m11/E – F♯ – C♯
  ii11 (bass E) – V – II

Verse 1

• B – F♯ – B – F♯ – C♯m11/E – F♯ – C♯ (×2)
  I – V – I – V – ii11 (bass E) – V – II

Pre-Chorus 1

• E – F♯ – C♯m9 (×2)
  IV – V – ii9
• F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯
  V – IV⁶ – V

Chorus 1

• E – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯ – E – F♯ – F♯/D♯ – B/D♯ – F♯/D♯ – E – F♯ – C♯m
  IV – V – IV⁶ – V – IV – V – V (bass D♯) – I⁶ – V (bass D♯) – IV – V – ii

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• E – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯ – E – F♯ – F♯/D♯ – B/D♯ – F♯/D♯ – E – F♯ – C♯m – B
  IV – V – IV⁶ – V – IV – V – V (bass D♯) – I⁶ – V (bass D♯) – IV – V – ii – I

Bridge

• A – F♯ – A – C♯m – D – E/D – D – E7
  bVII – V – bVII – ii – bIII – IV (bass D) – bIII – IV7

Solo

• E – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯ – E – F♯ – F♯/D♯ – B/D♯ – F♯/D♯
  IV – V – IV⁶ – V – IV – V – V (bass D♯) – I⁶ – V (bass D♯)
• E – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯ (×2)
  IV – V – IV⁶ – V

Chorus 3

• E – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯ – E – F♯ – F♯/D♯ – B/D♯ – F♯/D♯ – E – F♯ – C♯m – F♯ – E/G♯ – F♯
  IV – V – IV⁶ – V – IV – V – V (bass D♯) – I⁶ – V (bass D♯) – IV – V – ii – V – IV⁶ – V

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• A (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.
• D (bIII) is borrowed from the parallel key, B minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 1031, 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.