Hang On Now

Intro/Chorus

Principal Key: Bm

Bm                 F#m,      
Hang on Girl, Meet My Heart; It 
            D∆               
knows the best time for new love to
                      C#m7
 start
Bm                  F#m,         
Hang on Now, Meet My Heart; It 
         D∆                  
Knows the best time for us to start
                   C#m7

Bm                  F#m           
Hang on Girl, Won’t You Remain?
D∆           F#m       A7 

     Em


The Key of B Minor

Modal            I           II     
      III      IVm    Vm          VI
            VII
          Bm             C#°      
Classical                         
     D      Em     F#m          
                         IV     
G               A7
  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
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of Bm.

Verse

Principal Key: Em

Em7          Am    Em7          
No sooner than I turn my back 
           Am
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            
Were I to know your 
C∆       Em7
feelings?
             D              Am    
Is there something between me and 
                 C∆        Em7
you?
D       Am              C∆
Can't pretend you surprise me 
       Em7
and
D            Am         C∆
Baby it’s hurting me too
     Em7


The Key of B Minor

Modal            I           II     
      III      IV      Vm          
VI            VII
          Em             F#°      
Classical                         
     G       Am     Bm          
                         IV^    
C               D7
   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.