We Two by Little River Band

Overview

Key: A major · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Transition → Verse → Bridge → Interlude → Verse → Transition → 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

• Aadd9 – Dm6/A (×4)
  Iadd9 – iv6 (bass A)

Verse 1

• A5 – Aaug(no3) (×4)
  I5 – Iaug(no3)
• D – Gm/D (×4)
  IV – bvii⁶₄
• A – Dm/A (×2)
  I – iv⁶₄
• Em – Dm7
  v – iv7

Transition 1

• Aadd9 – Dm6/A (×2)
  Iadd9 – iv6 (bass A)

Verse 2

• Aadd9 – Dm6/A (×4)
  Iadd9 – iv6 (bass A)
• D – Gm/D (×4)
  IV – bvii⁶₄
• A – Dm/A (×2)
  I – iv⁶₄
• Em – Dm7 – A – Dm/A
  v – iv7 – I – iv⁶₄

Bridge

• Dsus4 – D – Aadd9 – Dsus4 – D – A – E
  IVsus4 – IV – Iadd9 – IVsus4 – IV – I – V

Interlude

• A5 – Dm6/A (×3)
  I5 – iv6 (bass A)
• A5 – Fadd9 – G7(no3) – Bm7
  I5 – bVIadd9 – bVII7(no3) – ii7

Verse 3

• Aadd9 – Dm6/A (×4)
  Iadd9 – iv6 (bass A)
• D – Gm/D (×4)
  IV – bvii⁶₄
• Aadd9 – Dm6/A (×3)
  Iadd9 – iv6 (bass A)
• Bm – Dm6
  ii – iv6

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Chorus

• Aadd9 – Dm6/A (×9)
  Iadd9 – iv6 (bass A)

Outro

• Aadd9 – Dm6/A (×10)
  Iadd9 – iv6 (bass A)
• Aadd9
  Iadd9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Dm6/A (iv6 (bass A)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Aaug(no3) (Iaug(no3)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm/A (iv⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Em (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm7 (iv7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dsus4 (IVsus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Fadd9 (bVIadd9) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• G7(no3) (bVII7(no3)) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.
• Dm6 (iv6) is borrowed from the parallel key, A minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0104, 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.