Runaway by Bon Jovi

Overview

Key: A minor · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 22

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). This page shows that transcription 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

Part 1 (0:00)

• Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am
  i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i

Part 2 (0:02)

• Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4 – G – Gsus2
  i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4 – bVII – bVIIsus2

Part 3 (0:11)

• G – Gsus2 – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  bVII – bVIIsus2 – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• Am – Asus4 – Dm/A
  i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄

Part 4 (0:20)

• Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• Em – F – G – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am
  v – bVI – bVII – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i

Part 5 (0:30)

• Asus4 – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4 – G – Gsus2 – G – Gsus4 – Gsus2 – Em
  Isus4 – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4 – bVII – bVIIsus2 – bVII – bVIIsus4 – bVIIsus2 – v

Part 6 (0:40)

• G – Am – Em – G – Am – Dm
  bVII – i – v – bVII – i – iv

Part 7 (0:52)

• C – G – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  bIII – bVII – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2

Part 8 (1:03)

• C – Em
  bIII – v
• G – Am (×2)
  bVII – i
• G – Em – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A
  bVII – v – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄

Part 9 (1:14)

• Am – Asus4 (×2)
  i – Isus4
• Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• Em – F
  v – bVI

Part 10 (1:24)

• G
  bVII
• Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 (×2)
  i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4
• Am – Gsus4 – G – Gsus2 – G
  i – bVIIsus4 – bVII – bVIIsus2 – bVII

Part 11 (1:34)

• Gsus2
  bVIIsus2
• Em – G – Am (×2)
  v – bVII – i

Part 12 (1:46)

• Dm – C – G – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  iv – bIII – bVII – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4

Part 13 (1:57)

• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• C – Em
  bIII – v
• G – Am (×2)
  bVII – i
• G – Em – Am
  bVII – v – i

Part 14 (2:11)

• Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am (×3)
  Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i
• C
  bIII

Part 15 (2:21)

• D – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – C – G – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A
  IV – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bIII – bVII – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄

Part 16 (2:31)

• Am – Asus4 – Am – C – D – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – C – G
  i – Isus4 – i – bIII – IV – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bIII – bVII

Part 17 (2:41)

• Em – G – Am – Dm – C – G
  v – bVII – i – iv – bIII – bVII

Part 18 (2:54)

• Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• C – Em – G
  bIII – v – bVII

Part 19 (3:04)

• Am – G – Am – Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4
  i – bVII – i – Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• C
  bIII

Part 20 (3:14)

• Em
  v
• G – Am (×2)
  bVII – i
• Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am – Gsus4 – G – Gsus2
  Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i – bVIIsus4 – bVII – bVIIsus2

Part 21 (3:25)

• G – Gsus2 – C – Em
  bVII – bVIIsus2 – bIII – v
• G – Am (×2)
  bVII – i
• Asus4 – Dm/A – Am – Asus4 – Am
  Isus4 – iv⁶₄ – i – Isus4 – i

Part 22 (3:35)

• Gsus4
  bVIIsus4
• G – Gsus2 (×2)
  bVII – bVIIsus2
• C – Em
  bIII – v
• G – Am (×2)
  bVII – i

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, A major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the Uspop2002 chord annotations (Music and Audio Research Lab, New York University). Chord annotation of the original recording (Bon Jovi Remastered), time-stamped by researchers; CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo.
• Section names: this annotation doesn't name verses or choruses, so they aren't guessed. Instead, code used the chord timings to find the bars and cut the song into 8-bar parts. Each part is labelled with the time it starts in the annotated recording (Bon Jovi Remastered), and a part with exactly the same chords as an earlier one says so.
• The key was estimated by code from the chords; this annotation doesn't state it.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 44 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.