Hang On Now

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.