Zuhause by Zweieck

Overview

Key: C minor · Chords used: 17 · Sections: 11

Form: Intro → Verse → Chorus → Instrumental → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Instrumental → Bridge → Bridge → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). 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.

Key changes

• Bridge 3 moves to F major.
• Outro moves to C minor.

Section by section

Intro

• Cm – B♭/D – E♭ – Fm – E♭/G – A♭ (×4)
  i – bVII⁶ – bIII – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI

Verse 1

• Cm – B♭/D – E♭ – Fm – E♭/G – A♭ (×2)
  i – bVII⁶ – bIII – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI

Chorus 1

• Fm – Cm – E♭/G – B♭ (×2)
  iv – i – bIII⁶ – bVII
• B♭m – Bdim7 – Cm – B♭/D
  bvii – vii°7 – i – bVII⁶

Instrumental 1

• E♭ – Fm – E♭/G – A♭ – Cm – B♭/D – E♭ – Fm – E♭/G – A♭
  bIII – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI – i – bVII⁶ – bIII – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

• Fm – Cm – E♭/G – B♭ (×2)
  iv – i – bIII⁶ – bVII

Bridge 1

• B♭madd9 – F – Cm – B♭ – F – Cm – F7 – B♭ – E♭7 – Dm – Gsus4 – G
  bviiadd9 – IV – i – bVII – IV – i – IV7 – bVII – bIII7 – ii – Vsus4 – V

Instrumental 2

• Cm – B♭/D – E♭ – Fm – E♭/G – A♭ (×2)
  i – bVII⁶ – bIII – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI
• Fm – Cm – E♭/G – B♭ (×2)
  iv – i – bIII⁶ – bVII
• B♭m – Bdim7
  bvii – vii°7
• Cm – B♭/D – E♭ – Fm – E♭/G – A♭ (×2)
  i – bVII⁶ – bIII – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI

Bridge 2

• Fm – Cm – E♭/G – B♭ (×2)
  iv – i – bIII⁶ – bVII
• B♭m
  bvii

Bridge 3

• F – Cm – B♭ – F – Cm – F7 – B♭ – E♭7 – Dm – Gsus4 – G – Cm – B♭/D – E♭
  I – v – IV – I – v – I7 – IV – bVII7 – vi – IIsus4 – II – v – IV⁶ – bVII

Outro

• Fm – E♭/G – A♭ – Cm – B♭/D – E♭ – Fm – E♭/G – A♭ – Cmadd9
  iv – bIII⁶ – bVI – i – bVII⁶ – bIII – iv – bIII⁶ – bVI – iadd9

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• F (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• Dm (ii) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• Cm (v) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• E♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• E♭ (bVII) is borrowed from the parallel key, F minor.
• F7 acts as V/bVII: it resolves to B♭.
• F7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 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.