World in My Eyes by Depeche Mode

Overview

Key: E♭ minor · Chords used: 9 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → 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

• E♭m7
  i7

Verse 1

• E♭m7 – A♭m7 – E♭m7
  i7 – iv7 – i7

Interlude 1

• E♭m7
  i7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 1

• Cm – C♭ – A♭m – B♭ – E♭m – A♭m – B♭
  vi – bVI – iv – V – i – iv – V

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Verse 3

• E♭m7 – A♭7 – E♭m7
  i7 – IV7 – i7

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude 3

• E♭m7 – A♭ – A♭m (×2)
  i7 – IV – iv

Outro

• E♭m7 – A♭ – A♭m (×7)
  i7 – IV – iv

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Cm (vi) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ major.
• A♭ (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, E♭ major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0442, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 6 chords were 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.