Hideaway by David Sanborn

Overview

Key: A♭ major · Chords used: 21 · Sections: 14

Form: Intro → Intro → A Section → A Section → B Section → B Section → C Section → B Section → B Section → C Section → C Section ×4

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

Intro 1

• A♭5
  I5
• A♭7sus4 – A♭7 (×2)
  I7sus4 – I7
• G♭5
  bVII5
• G♭7sus4 – G♭7 (×2)
  bVII7sus4 – bVII7

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

A Section 1

• A♭5
  I5
• A♭7sus4 – A♭7 (×2)
  I7sus4 – I7
• G♭5
  bVII5
• G♭7sus4 – G♭7 (×2)
  bVII7sus4 – bVII7

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

B Section 1

• A♭7sus4 – D7♯11/B – D♭9 – E13 – E♭7 – A♭7sus4 – A♭7 – D7♯11/B – D♭9 – E♭9sus4 – D7♯11 – D♭9 – E7 – A♭7sus4 – A♭7 – D7♯11 – D♭9 – Caug7 – B13 – B♭7 – E7 – F♯7 – G7
  I7sus4 – #IV7#11 (bass B) – IV9 – #V13 – V7 – I7sus4 – I7 – #IV7#11 (bass B) – IV9 – V9sus4 – #IV7#11 – IV9 – #V7 – I7sus4 – I7 – #IV7#11 – IV9 – III+7 – #II13 – II7 – #V7 – #VI7 – VII7

B Section 2

• A♭7sus4 – D7♯11/B – D♭9 – E13 – E♭7 – A♭7sus4 – A♭7 – D7♯11/B – D♭9 – E♭9sus4 – D7♯11 – D♭9 – E7 – A♭7sus4 – A♭7 – D7♯11 – D♭9 – Caug7 – B13 – B♭7
  I7sus4 – #IV7#11 (bass B) – IV9 – #V13 – V7 – I7sus4 – I7 – #IV7#11 (bass B) – IV9 – V9sus4 – #IV7#11 – IV9 – #V7 – I7sus4 – I7 – #IV7#11 – IV9 – III+7 – #II13 – II7

C Section 1

• Bm/E – C♯m/E – Bm/E
  #ii (bass E) – #iii⁶ – #ii (bass E)

B Section 3

• A♭7sus4 – D7♯11/B – D♭9 – E13 – E♭7 – A♭7sus4 – A♭7 – D7♯11/B – D♭9 – E♭9sus4 – D7♯11 – D♭9 – E7 – A♭7sus4 – A♭7 – D7♯11 – D♭9 – Caug7 – B13 – B♭7 – Bm/E – C♯m/E – Bm/E
  I7sus4 – #IV7#11 (bass B) – IV9 – #V13 – V7 – I7sus4 – I7 – #IV7#11 (bass B) – IV9 – V9sus4 – #IV7#11 – IV9 – #V7 – I7sus4 – I7 – #IV7#11 – IV9 – III+7 – #II13 – II7 – #ii (bass E) – #iii⁶ – #ii (bass E)

B Section 4

Same chords as B Section 2.

C Section 2

• Bm/E – C♯m/E (×2)
  #ii (bass E) – #iii⁶
• Bm/E – E♭7♯9 – E7
  #ii (bass E) – V7#9 – #V7

C Section 3

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 4

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 5

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 6

Same chords as C Section 1.

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
A♭5	I5	Home chord (tonic)	Intro, A Section
A♭7sus4	I7sus4	Borrowed from A♭ minor	Intro, A Section, B Section
A♭7	I7	Outside the key (chromatic)	Intro, A Section, B Section
G♭5	bVII5	Borrowed from A♭ minor	Intro, A Section
G♭7sus4	bVII7sus4	Borrowed from A♭ minor	Intro, A Section
G♭7	bVII7	Borrowed from A♭ minor	Intro, A Section
D7♯11/B	#IV7#11 (bass B)	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
D♭9	IV9	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E13	#V13	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E♭7	V7	In the key	B Section
E♭9sus4	V9sus4	In the key	B Section
D7♯11	#IV7#11	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
E7	#V7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section, C Section
Caug7	III+7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B13	#II13	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
B♭7	II7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
F♯7	#VI7	Borrowed from A♭ minor	B Section
G7	VII7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section
Bm/E	#ii (bass E)	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section, B Section
C♯m/E	#iii⁶	Borrowed from A♭ minor	C Section, B Section
E♭7♯9	V7#9	Borrowed from A♭ minor	C Section

Harmonic highlights

• A♭7sus4 (I7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• G♭5 (bVII5) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• G♭7sus4 (bVII7sus4) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• G♭7 (bVII7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• F♯7 (#VI7) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• C♯m/E (#iii⁶) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.
• E♭7♯9 (V7#9) is borrowed from the parallel key, A♭ minor.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Hideaway (live)” (credited “Sanborn David”, style Funk Jazz) 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).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Hideaway” (credited “Sanborn David”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer/songwriter confirmed from Wikidata. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 69%).
• 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 D.S./D.C./coda jumps have been written out in playing order.
• About the song: Wikipedia.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• 5 chords were simplified to the closest symbol our player supports (for example, an unusual added tone dropped).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.