Every Breath You Take by The Police

Key: G# · 117 BPM · 4/4

The progression

This song follows the V-IV-I progression in Ab major. Detected with medium confidence: dominant loop covers 57% of song time; partial match (67%): V-IV-I (Common turnaround / bluesy resolution); 99% of chord time maps to diatonic romans; rapid fifth-related alternation detected 46-58s.

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Chord chart

  • 0:00 Ab
  • 0:04 Fm
  • 0:09 Db
  • 0:11 Eb
  • 0:13 Ab
  • 0:21 Fm
  • 0:25 Db
  • 0:27 Eb
  • 0:29 Fm
  • 0:33 Ab
  • 0:37 Fm
  • 0:41 Db
  • 0:43 Eb
  • 0:45 Ab
  • 0:49 Db
  • 0:53 Ab
  • 0:58 Bbm
  • 1:02 Eb
  • 1:06 Ab
  • 1:10 Fm
  • 1:14 Db
  • 1:16 Ebm
  • 1:18 Fm
  • 1:22 E
  • 1:26 Gb
  • 1:31 E
  • 1:34 Gb
  • 1:39 E
  • 1:43 Ab
  • 1:47 Fm
  • 1:51 Db
  • 1:53 Eb
  • 1:55 Fm7
  • 1:59 Ab
  • 2:03 Fm
  • 2:07 Db
  • 2:09 Ab
  • 2:15 Db
  • 2:19 Ab
  • 2:23 Bbm
  • 2:28 Eb
  • 2:32 Ab
  • 2:36 Fm
  • 2:40 Db
  • 2:42 Eb
  • 2:44 Fm7
  • 2:48 Db
  • 2:50 Eb
  • 2:52 Fm
  • 3:00 Ab
  • 3:04 Fm7
  • 3:07 Db
  • 3:08 Ab
  • 3:13 Fm7
  • 3:15 Db
  • 3:16 Ab
  • 3:21 Fm
  • 3:23 Db
  • 3:25 Ab
  • 3:29 Fm
  • 3:31 Db
  • 3:33 Ab
  • 3:37 Fm
  • 3:39 Db
  • 3:41 Ab
  • 3:45 Fm
  • 3:47 Db
  • 3:49 Ab
  • 3:53 Fm
  • 3:56 Db
  • 3:58 Ab
  • 4:02 Fm7
  • 4:04 Db
  • 4:06 Ab