Miley Cyrus - I'll Aways Remember You - Chord

Key Ab major – F minor Chords Ab, Db, Fm, Cm, Dbm, Bbm, Eb Easy key G (capo 1)

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Ab
I always knew this day would come
Cm
We'd be standing one by one
Bbm
With our future in our hands
Db
So many dreams so many plans

Ab
Always knew after all these years
Cm
There'd be laughter there'd be tears
Bbm
But never thought that I'd walk away
Db
with so much joy but so much pain
    Dbm
And it's so hard to say goodbye

Ab                                 Fm
But yesterdays gone we gotta keep moving on
Db                                 Eb
I'm so thankful for the moments so glad I got to know ya
Ab                              Fm
The times that we had I'll keep like a photograph
  Db
And hold you in my heart forever
Dbm                     Ab
I'll always remember you

Ab                         Cm
Another chapter in the book cant go back but you can look
Bbm
And there we are on every page
Db
Memories I'll always save

Ab
Up ahead on the open doors
Cm
Who knows what were heading towards
Bbm
I wish you love I wish you luck
Db
For you the world just opens up
Dbm
But it's so hard to say goodbye

Ab                            Fm
yesterdays gone we gotta keep moving on
Db                                 Eb
I'm so thankful for the moments so glad I got to know ya
Ab                              Fm
The times that we had I'll keep like a photograph
          Db
And hold you in my heart forever
Dbm                              Ab
I'll always remember you

Fm                      Cm
Everyday that we had all the good all the bad
Ab
I'll keep them here inside
Fm                                   Cm
All the times we shared every place everywhere
Ab
You touched my life
Fm                             Cm
Yeah one day we'll look back we'll smile and we'll laugh
Ab
But right now we just cry
Eb                                 Ab
Cause its so hard to say goodbye

Ab                          Fm
yesterdays gone we gotta keep moving on
Db                                Eb
I'm so thankful for the moments so glad I got to know yaaa
Ab                             Fm
The times that we had Ill keep like a photograph
       Db
And hold you in my heart forever

Dbm                    Ab
I'll always remember you   Nanananaaa Ab  Fm  Eb  C#
Dbm                   Ab
Ill always remember you   Nanananaaa Ab  Fm  Eb C#
Dbm                    Ab
I'll always remember you

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Miley Cyrus - I'll Aways Remember You Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Miley Cyrus – I'll Aways Remember You: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Ab and ends on Ab. Its chords belong to both Ab major and Fm, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

Ab major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = G (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = Db (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

F minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Db (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = Eb (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the Ab major side because it both starts and finishes on Ab and Ab is heard 19 times against 9 for Fm. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from F minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to Ab or to Fm; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from Ab major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	Ab	Tonic — home	Ab · C · Eb	19×
ii	Bbm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	Bb · Db · F	4×
iii	Cm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	C · Eb · G	7×
V/vi	C	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Fmsecondary dominant	C · E · G	—
IV	Db	Subdominant — moves away from home	Db · F · Ab	10×
iv	Dbm	Minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	Db · Fb · Ab	7×
V	Eb	Dominant — strongest pull home	Eb · G · Bb	4×
vi	Fm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	F · Ab · C	9×
vii°	Gdim	Leading-tone chord — tension	G · Bb · Db	—

Seen from F minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Fm	Tonic — home	F · Ab · C	9×
ii°	Gdim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · Db	—
III	Ab	Relative major — the bright side	Ab · C · Eb	19×
iv	Bbm	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · Db · F	4×
v	Cm	Minor dominant — soft pull	C · Eb · G	7×
V	C	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C · E · G	—
VI	Db	Submediant — warm colour	Db · F · Ab	10×
vi	Dbm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Db · Fb · Ab	7×
VII	Eb	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Eb · G · Bb	4×

Analysis

The key pair is Ab major and its relative F minor (4 flats). 7 different chords appear 60 times in total; 6 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Dbm is borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

Dbm Ab Abiv → Iminor plagal Fmvi → III ×7
Eb Ab AbV → Iauthentic cadence FmVII → III ×4
Db Eb AbIV → VIV → V FmVI → VIIVI → VII ×3
Db Ab AbIV → Iplagal cadence FmVI → III ×2

The move to watch is Dbm → Ab, heard 7 times. From the Ab side it reads iv → I (minor plagal: a bittersweet arrival with a borrowed iv); from the Fm side it is vi → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

Ab major pentatonic and F minor pentatonic are the same five notes (Ab – Bb – C – Eb – F): start from Ab for a brighter phrase, from F for a bluesier one.
Over Ab, land on Ab, C, Eb — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Db, land on Db, F, Ab — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Fm, land on F, Ab, C — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
On Dbm, follow the chord's notes (Db · Fb · Ab) rather than the key's scale — it's a borrowed colour.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With Ab major shapes

Capo 1 + G shapes
Capo 4 + E shapes
Capo 6 + D shapes

With F minor shapes

Capo 1 + Em shapes
Capo 3 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

1 semitone down · capo 1 keeps the original pitch
4 semitones up

The song's harmonic story

The opening Ab lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The chords that keep coming back are Ab, Db, Fm, Cm; read them as I–IV–vi–iii in Ab or III–VI–i–v in Fm. Dbm briefly darkens the picture: minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minor. Keep an ear on Dbm → Ab (iv → I in Ab, vi → III in Fm): minor plagal — a bittersweet arrival with a borrowed iv. Ending on Ab, the song seals Ab as home.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.