“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