My Own Way

?My Own Way? Chords Verse 1/Intro Principal Key: A Minor    i    IV   i    IV   i    IV            III (hold)   i                             iv                i                  iv                                 i     I saw you at the air race yesterday April showers get out of my way                                  iv                 IV     III        III     #VIIalt     Fear of flying no not me                               i                   iv                          i                        iv                         i     I’m never bothered what you say someone’s kid just lives for today                                        iv              IV       III     III      #VIIalt     It ain’t your problem anyway                            Chorus Principal Key: E Minor  i                                IV  VII     Cause I’ve got my own way        i                           IV  VII     I can find my own way     i                                IV  VII       VI                 VII      #vii     Cause I’ve got my own way???.heyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeye                      i                                IV  VII     Cause I’ve got my own way       i                           IV  VII     I can find my own way     i                                IV  VII       VI                  VII     cause I’ve got my own way???..heyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeye              Verse 2 (chords same as Verse 1) Principal Key: A Minor   i     Number one public figure what a pain just puts another rattle in your brain     Take another green but it’s not the same     So now you’re on the sandlane everyday dancing with the bulls in any old way                                                                    #VIIalt          Running like a fox to keep up with me                           Bridge 1 Principal Key: E Minor   i                 VI                 VII (3 bars) (half-bar) (half-bar)   i       IV                  i         IV                              i            IV     VI      VII                     I’m on 45?..between 6th and Broadway                                    Bridge 2 Principal Key; A Minor   i        IV                              i               IV                               i                IV     VI    VII                        I’m drinking 7UP????between 6th and Broadway                                               Back to Chorus (fade) Transitions Verse to Chorus Chords: to Harmonic Function: #VIIalt in A Minor to i in E Minor Interval: up 8 semitones / down 4 semitones Notes The chords and are more or less chromatic so this transition could also be considered a (III in A Minor) to (i in E Minor) transition. Chorus to Verse Chords: to Harmonic Function: VII in E Minor to i in A Minor Interval: up 7 semitones / down 5 semitones Chorus to Bridge 1 Chords: to Harmonic Function: VII in E Minor to i in E Minor Interval: up 2 semitones / down 10 semitones Notes Bridge 1 does not bring about a new key whatsoever?it?s more of a different way of ending the Chorus pausing and then going back into it. Bridge 1 to Bridge 2 Chords: to Harmonic Function: VII in E Minor to i in A Minor Interval: up 7 semitones / down 5 semitones Notes Bridge 2 is simply a transposed version of Bridge 1.  Thankfully for Duran Duran it transitions perfectly back into the Chorus. Bridge 2 to Chorus Chords: to Harmonic Function: VII in A minor to i in E Minor Interval: up 9 semitones / down 3 semitones