My Own Way

“My Own Way” Chords Verse 1/Intro Principal Key: A Minor i IV i IV i IV III Am, D, Am, D, Am, D (hold), C i iv i iv i Am Dm Am Dm Am I saw you at the air race yesterday April showers get out of my way iv IV III III #VIIalt Dm D C C/G G#5 Fear of flying no not me i iv i iv i Am Dm Am Dm Am I'm never bothered what you say someone's kid just lives for today iv IV III III #VIIalt Dm D C C/G G#5 It ain't your problem anyway Chorus Principal Key: E Minor i IV VII Em A D Cause I've got my own way i IV VII Em A D I can find my own way i IV VII VI VII #vii Em A D C D D#dim Cause I've got my own way……….heyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeye i IV VII Em A D Cause I've got my own way, i IV VII Em A D I can find my own way i IV VII VI VII Em A D C D cause I've got my own way………..heyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeye Verse 2 (chords same as Verse 1) Principal Key: A Minor i Am 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 G#5 Running like a fox to keep up with me Bridge 1 Principal Key: E Minor i VI VII Em (3 bars), C (half-bar), D (half-bar) i IV i IV i IV VI VII Em A Em A Em A C D I'm on 45…..between 6th and Broadway Bridge 2 Principal Key; A Minor i IV i IV i IV VI VII Am D Am D Am D F G I'm drinking 7UP…………between 6th and Broadway Back to Chorus (fade) Transitions Verse to Chorus Chords: G#5 to Em Harmonic Function: #VIIalt in A Minor to i in E Minor Interval: up 8 semitones / down 4 semitones Notes The chords C/G and G#5 are more or less chromatic, so this transition could also be considered a C (III in A Minor) to Em (i in E Minor) transition. Chorus to Verse Chords: D to Am Harmonic Function: VII in E Minor to i in A Minor Interval: up 7 semitones / down 5 semitones Chorus to Bridge 1 Chords: D to Em 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: D to Am 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: G to Em Harmonic Function: VII in A minor to i in E Minor Interval: up 9 semitones / down 3 semitones