Lonely In Your Nightmare
Duran Duran
?Lonely in Your Nightmare? Chords Verse 1 Principal Key: Major I IV I IV Even on the darkest night when empty promise means empty hand I IV vi II And soldiers coming home like shadows turning red I IV I IV And when the lights of hope are fading quickly then look to me I IV vi II I’ll be your homing angel I’ll be in your head Chorus Principal Key: Major IV I V Because you’re lonely in your nightmare let me in IV I V And there’s heat beneath your winter let me in Verse 2 Principal Key: Major I I see the delta traces living lonely out on the limb And a passing glimmer warm beneath your skin Please tread gently on the ground when all around you earth turns to fire II Only get a second chance when danger’s on the wind Bridge Principal Key: Major bIII V bIII V bIII V IV I Verse 3 Principal Key: Major I Must be lucky whether when you find the kind of wind that you need Come on show me all the light and shade that made your name I know you’ve got it in your head I’ve seen that look before II You’ve built your refuge turns you captive all the same Outro Principal Key: Major V A (riffs) Transitions Verse to Chorus Chords: E to Harmonic Function: II in Major to IV in Major Interval: up 3 semitones / down 9 semitones Notes There is no key change to the Chorus. The reason why it sounds like such a great transition is because of the classic II (V/V) to IV change. Chorus to Verse Chords: A to Harmonic Function: V in Major to I in Major Interval: up 5 semitones / down 7 semitones Chorus to Bridge Chords: A to Harmonic Function: V in Major to bIII in Major Interval: up 8 semitones / down 4 semitones Bridge to Verse Chords: to Harmonic Function: I in Major to I in Major Interval: (none) Notes This is one of the few times where Duran Duran ends a section on the same chord as the beginning of the next section. It works well because of their arrangement. Chorus to Outro Chords: A to Harmonic Function: V in Major to V in Major Interval: (none) Notes An interesting bassline makes this sound like a new ?section? of sorts?but it?s just a riff over the last chord of the Chorus.