?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.