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