The Chauffeur Chords
by Duran Duran
The Chauffeur by Duran Duran is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, G, B7, B, C and Edim/Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse 1 / Intro
Principal Key: E Minor
Em D G B7
Out on the tar plains……the glides are moving
Em D G B7
All looking for a new place to drive
Em D G B7
You sit beside me,…..so newly charming
Em D G B7
Sweating dew drops glisten, freshing your side
Pre-Chorus
Principal Key: E Minor
G B7
The sun slips down bedding heavy behind
Em B
The front of your dress all shadowy lined
G B
And the droning engine throbs in time
Em B
With your beating heart
Chorus
Principal Key: E Minor
VI ialt V
C Edim/Bb B
Sing…………...Blue Silver
Verse 2
Principal Key: E Minor
Em
Way down the lane away, living for another day
The aphids swarm up in the drifting haze
Swim seagull in the sky
Towards that hollow western isle
B7
My envied lady holds you fast in her gaze
Transitions
Verse to Pre-Chorus
Chords: B7 to G
Harmonic Function: V7 in E Minor to III in E Minor
Interval: up 8 semitones / down 4 semitones
Pre-Chorus to Chorus
Chords: B to C
Harmonic Function: V in E Minor to VI in E Minor
Interval: up 1 semitones / down 11 semitones
Chorus to Verse
Chords: B to Em
Harmonic Function: V in E Minor to i in E Minor
Interval: up 5 semitones / down 7 semitones