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Always on the Run by Lenny Kravitz

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 4 steps · 4 unique chords

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
Solo, part 1Step 1 of 4

G

LeftG2, D3RightB3, D4, G4
C4G2D3B3D4G4
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

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Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: D♭ minor · Chords used: 4 · Sections: 1

Form: Solo

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Solo

  • G
    #IV
  • A – E (×2)
    #V – #II
  • B
    #VI

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
G#IVOutside the key (chromatic)Solo
A#VIn the keySolo
E#IIIn the keySolo
B#VIIn the keySolo

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Always On The Run” (credited “Kravitz Lenny”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.
  • Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
  • Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
  • The chart's key setting didn't fit its chords (it was probably left at a default), so the key shown here was worked out from the chords.
  • About the song: Wikipedia.
  • Not verified: only one chart of this song is available, so it hasn't been cross-checked.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “Always On The Run” (credited “Kravitz Lenny”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1Solo, part 1GG2, D3B3, D4, G4—
2Solo, part 2 (×2)AA2, E3C♯4, E4, A4—
3Solo, part 2 (×2)EE2, B2B3, E4, G♯4—
4Solo, part 3BB1, F♯2B3, D♯4, F♯4—