Tom: D
Intro/Chorus
Principal Key: Bm
Bm F#m, D∆ C#m7
Hang on Girl, Meet My Heart; It knows the best time for new love to start
Bm F#m, D∆ C#m7
Hang on Now, Meet My Heart; It Knows the best time for us to start
Bm F#m D∆ F#m A7 Em
Hang on Girl, Won’t You Remain?
The Key of B Minor
Modal I II III IVm Vm VI VII
Bm C#° D Em F#m G A7
Classical IV V
E F#
Tyler’s Notes on Intro/Chorus
The Intro/Chorus uses chords mostly from Bm (modal).
The one obvious exception is the C#m7 chord that replaces the
rarely used C#o chord…borrowing the perfect fifth (Ab)
from the Classical minor. The Em we hear before the verse vocal
initiates a key change to E Minor and is no longer the IVm
of Bm.
Verse
Principal Key: Em
Em7 Am Em7 Am
No sooner than I turn my back and then
Em7 Am
It's so hard to find
Em7
I'm on the decline with you.
Tyler’s Notes on the Verse
The Verse consists of the most common minor progression in
modern music, involving only the I and IVm chords. It’s the same
verse progression as Duran Duran’s “My Own Way," for example,
which came out just a year before this song.
Before the verse begins, the Chorus ends on an Em chord.
Beggs seems to have added the minor 7th to distinguish
the end of the Chorus from the beginning of the verse.
Pre-Chorus
Principal Key: E minor
D Am C∆ Em7
Were I to know your feelings?
D Am C∆ Em7
Is there something between me and you?
D Am C∆ Em7
Can't pretend you surprise me and
D Am C∆ Em7
Baby it’s hurting me too
The Key of B Minor
Modal I II III IV Vm VI VII
Em F#° G Am Bm C D7
Classical IV^ V
A B
Tyler’s Notes on the Pre-Chorus
Again, Beggs taps into the “more modern" modal minor,
ignoring the sharp 7 of the key (D#) and the B major chord.
Ending the section with an Em7 allows for an easy transition into
the Bm chord that begins the Chorus.
