Duran Duran (named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic, Barbarella) is an electronic pop rock band that was part of the New Wave movement of the 80s and 90s. Created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass) in Birmingham, England in 1978, it later add took in Roger Taylor (drums), Andy Taylor (guitar), and Simon Le Bon (lead vocals). The band has sold more than 100 million records over their more than 40 years of existence, making them one of the best-selling groups in history.
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This is the second song off of the band’s 2015 album Paper Gods and is pretty straightforward for the most part. The choruses here mostly follow a version of the famous I–V–vi–IV progression, which is actually the first Duran Duran song I’ve ever identified as using it. The chorus in Change the Skyline also uses the same chords with that progression in a different order and key as well.
Substitute an A chord for the A# each second time through the chorus riff. That riff also ends on Dm-F-C in the transitions to the verses and otherwise, with either just the A chord or the verse riff coming in before Simon starts the verses.
[Intro] DmF I'm not gonna sleep tonight CA# 'Til the morning fills the sky DmF No one's getting left behind C This is our time A This is our time DmFC We gonna live this night, yeh A# Live it like it's our last night DmFC Coz nobody cares if there's No tomorrow
ACFCDm
[Verse 1] ACFCDm I'm not thinkin' ‘bout the future, the future, it’s somewhere out there ACFCDm We're all busy being human, human, we remember ACFCDm Hearts beating all around me, together, now they’re surrounding me ACFCDm This is how we get connected, running out the shadows into light
[Chorus 1] DmFC We gonna live this night, yeh A# Live it like it's our last night DmFC Coz nobody cares if there's A No tomorrow
DmFC We gonna love this night, yeh A# Love it like it's our last night DmFC Stars up in the air, yeh It's our last night in the city
A
[Verse 2] ACFCDm I've been travelling around now, big world, with my brothers ACFCDm Always movin' to a new town, no time, to put the roots down ACFCDm We can't stop believing, can’t stop, now we believe in you ACFCDm Coz when you're standing in the spotlight, the only thing that matters is tonight
[Chorus 2] DmFC We gonna live this night, yeh A# Live it like it's our last night DmFC Coz nobody cares if there's A No tomorrow DmFC We gonna love this night, yeh A# Love it like it's our last night DmFC Stars up in the air, yeh A It's our last night in the city DmFC … Yeh A# Last night in the city DmFC … Yeh A Last night in the city
[Middle 8] DmFCA#
DmFCA
[Chorus 3] DmF I'm not gonna sleep tonight CA# 'Til the morning fills the sky DmF No one's getting left behind C This is our time A This is our time DmFC We gonna live this night, yeh A# Live it like it's our last night DmFC Coz nobody cares if there's No tomorrow
DmFC We gonna love this night, yeh A# Love it like it's our last night DmFC Stars up in the air, oh yeh A It's our last night in the city DmFC … Yeh A# Last night in the city DmFC … Yeh Last night in the city