Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton

Overview

Key: E♭ major · Chords used: 11 · Sections: 10

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Chorus → Chorus

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). 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

Intro

• B♭sus4/A
  Vsus4 (bass A)

Verse 1

• E♭ – A♭/E♭ – E♭maj7 – A♭/E♭ (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄
• A♭ – A♭6 – A♭maj7 – A♭6
  IV – IV6 – IVmaj7 – IV6
• E♭/B♭ – Cm7 (×2)
  I⁶₄ – vi7
• E♭ – A♭/E♭ – E♭maj7 – A♭/E♭ (×2)
  I – IV⁶₄ – Imaj7 – IV⁶₄
• A♭ – A♭6 – A♭maj7 – A♭6
  IV – IV6 – IVmaj7 – IV6
• E♭/B♭ – Cm7 (×2)
  I⁶₄ – vi7

Pre-Chorus 1

• B♭sus4
  Vsus4

Chorus 1

• A♭ – Fm7 (×4)
  IV – ii7
• A♭maj7 – E♭ – E♭/B♭ – Cm7 – A♭maj7 – E♭
  IVmaj7 – I – I⁶₄ – vi7 – IVmaj7 – I
• A♭ – Fm7 (×4)
  IV – ii7
• A♭maj7 – E♭ – E♭/B♭ – Cm7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – I – I⁶₄ – vi7

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• A♭ – Fm7 (×3)
  IV – ii7
• A♭ – A♭maj7 – E♭ – E♭/B♭ – Cm7 – A♭maj7 – E♭
  IV – IVmaj7 – I – I⁶₄ – vi7 – IVmaj7 – I
• A♭ – Fm7 (×3)
  IV – ii7
• A♭
  IV
• A♭maj7 – E♭ – E♭/B♭ – Cm7 (×2)
  IVmaj7 – I – I⁶₄ – vi7

Interlude

• B♭sus4
  Vsus4

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Chorus 4

• A♭ – Fm7 (×3)
  IV – ii7
• A♭ – A♭maj7 – E♭ – E♭/B♭ – Cm7 – A♭maj7 – E♭
  IV – IVmaj7 – I – I⁶₄ – vi7 – IVmaj7 – I

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0390, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• 18 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.