Tina Turner - Two People - Chord

Key Eb major – C minor Chords Gb, Ebm, Dmaj7, Bb, B, D, E, Ab … Easy key A (capo 6)

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           Bb                    Ab   Bb  Ab  Cm7
Two people living on the edge of life

Are people  
Bb                        Ab   Bb  B  
Running out of dreams and time
                       Db      B 
I can hear it when you tell me so
                    Db        Gb  B 
I can feel it but I can't let go

                 Abm 
Two people gotta stick together
    Gmaj7  
And love one another
              A     B
Save it for a rainy day
                  Abm 
Some people gotta stay whatever
    Gmaj7  
And give one another  
             A     B     Abm  Bbsus4  Cm7 
Shelter on a rainy day

           Bb                   Ab  Bb  Ab  Cm7 
Two people living in the way we do
           Bb                     Ab  Bb  B 
Are people tryin' to keep a love anew
                         Db       B 
What to say to make some sense of it
                       Db      Gb 
What to do to make the feeling fit

                 Ebm 
Two people gotta stick together
    Dmaj7  
And love one another
D             E     Gb 
Save it for a rainy day
                  Ebm 
Some people gotta stay whatever
    Dmaj7  
And give one another  
D            E     Gb  Ebm  Eb 
Shelter on a rainy day

Bb     Db 
I'll come running to your rescue
                   Ab  Gb 
You gotta stand by me
                         Ab7     Gb 
There's a lot of love between us
                    B   Abm   Gmaj7  A    
We should never let go, oh oh
    B   Gb 
Mmmmmh 

                Ebm 
Two people gotta stick together
    Dmaj7  
And love one another
D             E     Gb 
Save it for a rainy day
                  Ebm 
Some people gotta stay whatever
    Dmaj7
And give one another  
D            E     Gb  Ebm
Shelter on a rainy day
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Dmaj7 
Love one another
D             E     Gb  Ebm
Save it for a rainy day
      Dmaj7
One another
D            E     Gb  Ebm  Dmaj7
Shelter on a rainy day
D         E     Gb
Love on a rainy day
    Ebm         Dmaj7
Whatever, one another
D            E     Gb 
Shelter on a rainy day
Ebm                  Dmaj7 
Stick together, one another
D             E     Gb Ebm Dmaj7
Save it for a rainy day

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Tina Turner - Two People Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Tina Turner – Two People: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Bb and ends on Dmaj7. Its chords belong to both Eb major and Cm, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

Eb major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = D (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = Ab (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

C minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Ab (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = Bb (natural-minor colour)
#7 = B (harmonic-minor leading tone from the V chord)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the C minor side because Cm is heard 3 times against 1 for Eb and the major V chord points straight at Cm. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from Eb major, and switching between the two views is exactly where the practice value lies.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to Eb or to Cm; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from Eb major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	Eb	Tonic — home	Eb · G · Bb	1×
i	Ebm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Eb · Gb · Bb	11×
bII	E	Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord	E · G# · B	9×
ii	Fm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F · Ab · C	—
bIII	Gb	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	Gb · Bb · Db	14×
iii	Gm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	G · Bb · D	—
V/vi	Gmaj7	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Cmsecondary dominant	G · B · D · F#	3×
IV	Ab	Subdominant — moves away from home	Ab · C · Eb	7×
iv	Abm	Minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	Ab · Cb · Eb	4×
IV7	Ab7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · C · Eb · Gb	1×
#IV	A	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E	3×
V	Bb	Dominant — strongest pull home	Bb · D · F	9×
Vsus4	Bbsus4	Dominant — strongest pull home	Bb · Eb · F	1×
bVI	B	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	B · D# · F#	9×
vi7	Cm7	Relative minor — the melancholy side	C · Eb · G · Bb	3×
bVII	Db	bVII — borrowed (Mixolydian / parallel minor)borrowed chord	Db · F · Ab	5×
vii°	Ddim	Leading-tone chord — tension	D · F · Ab	—
V/iii	Dmaj7	Secondary dominant V/iii — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A · C#	10×
V/iii	D	Secondary dominant V/iii — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A	9×

Seen from C minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i7	Cm7	Tonic — home	C · Eb · G · Bb	3×
bII	Db	Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord	Db · F · Ab	5×
ii°	Ddim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	D · F · Ab	—
V/v	Dmaj7	Secondary dominant V/v — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A · C#	10×
V/v	D	Secondary dominant V/v — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A	9×
III	Eb	Relative major — the bright side	Eb · G · Bb	1×
iii	Ebm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Eb · Gb · Bb	11×
#III	E	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G# · B	9×
iv	Fm	Subdominant — moves away from home	F · Ab · C	—
#IV	Gb	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Gb · Bb · Db	14×
v	Gm	Minor dominant — soft pull	G · Bb · D	—
Vmaj7	Gmaj7	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	G · B · D · F#	3×
VI	Ab	Submediant — warm colour	Ab · C · Eb	7×
vi	Abm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · Cb · Eb	4×
VI7	Ab7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · C · Eb · Gb	1×
#VI	A	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E	3×
VII	Bb	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Bb · D · F	9×
VIIsus4	Bbsus4	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Bb · Eb · F	1×
#VII	B	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	B · D# · F#	9×

Analysis

The key pair is Eb major and its relative C minor (3 flats). 16 different chords appear 99 times in total; 5 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. The major V of Cm brings the harmonic-minor leading tone, giving the minor side a sharper, more dramatic pull; seen from Eb, the same Gmaj7 is V/vi, a secondary dominant heading for Cm. Dmaj7, D act as secondary dominants, briefly pointing at another chord of the key. Gb, B, E, Db, Abm are borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

Ab Bb EbIV → VIV → V CmVI → VIIVI → VII ×4
Ab Cm7 EbIV → vi7 CmVI → i7VI → i ×2
Bbsus4 Cm7 EbVsus4 → vi7deceptive cadence CmVIIsus4 → i7Aeolian arrival ×1

The move to watch is Ab → Bb, heard 4 times. From the Cm side it is VI → VII (VI → VII: the rising step that heads for the tonic); from the Eb side it reads IV → V (IV → V: the lift that builds tension before home). Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

Eb major pentatonic and C minor pentatonic are the same five notes (Eb – F – G – Bb – C): start from Eb for a brighter phrase, from C for a bluesier one.
Over Gb, land on Gb, Bb, Db — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Ebm, land on Eb, Gb, Bb — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Dmaj7, land on D, F#, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
When Gmaj7 comes, swap the scale's Bb for B: that single note is the harmonic-minor sound of the chord.
On Gb, follow the chord's notes (Gb · Bb · Db) rather than the key's scale — it's a borrowed colour.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With Eb major shapes

Capo 1 + D shapes
Capo 3 + C shapes
Capo 6 + A shapes

With C minor shapes

Capo 3 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

6 semitones up · capo 6 keeps the original pitch
1 semitone up

The song's harmonic story

Starting on Bb, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The backbone is Gb, Ebm, Dmaj7, Bb — bIII–i–V/iii–V from the Eb side, #IV–iii–V/v–VII from the Cm side. Dmaj7 is the interesting twist: in Eb it is a chromatic chord (V/iii), while in Cm it becomes the dominant (V/v) that makes the minor side sound so determined. Keep an ear on Ab → Bb (IV → V in Eb, VI → VII in Cm): VI → VII — the rising step that heads for the tonic. Ending on Dmaj7, the song seals Eb as home.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.