This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave – Intro
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave – Verse
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave – Chorus
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave – Chorus Lead-Out
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave – Bridge
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave – Solo
Related Music Concepts
Add Chords
A chord with an added tone that enriches its sound
Chord Progression Novelty
How unusual the chord sequence is compared to other songs
Inverted Chords
Using a different bass note to change a chord's sound
Seventh Chords
Adding one more note to the basic chords
Borrowed Chords
Using chords from parallel modes for contrast and emotion
Song Stats
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Key
B♭ Minor
Tempo
101 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop
Melody Range
Ab2 – F4
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
50
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
48
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
84
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
94
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
B♭ Minor
Tempo
101 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop
Melody Range
Bb2 – F3
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
59
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
16
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
69
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
74
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
B♭ Minor
Tempo
101 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop
Melody Range
Db3 – Ab3
Mood
Moody
Most Used Chord
VI
Chord Complexity
37
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
11
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
52
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
43
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
B♭ Minor
Tempo
101 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop
Melody Range
Db3 – Ab3
Mood
Moody
Most Used Chord
v
Chord Complexity
44
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
20
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
35
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
42
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
B♭ Minor
Tempo
101 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop
Melody Range
Db3 – F3
Mood
Tense, Complex, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
86
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
7
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
84
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
77
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Concepts
Song Stats
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Key
B♭ Minor
Tempo
101 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop
Melody Range
F4 – F5
Mood
Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
54
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
33
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
30
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
93
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Song Stats
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Key
B♭ Minor
Tempo
101 BPM
Meter
4/4
Genre
Pop
Melody Range
Ab2 – F5
Mood
Tense, Unexpected, Moody
Most Used Chord
i
Chord Complexity
58
Chord Complexity: Tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
17
Melodic Complexity: Reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
63
Chord-Melody Tension: Quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Prog. Novelty
76
Chord Prog. Novelty: Measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
About This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To Leave
About the Key
B♭ Minor
It is the 11st most popular key among Minor keys and the 23rd most popular among all keys. Minor keys, along with major keys, are a common choice for popular music.
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Most Important Chords
The three most important chords, built off the 1st, 4th and 5th scale degrees are all minor chords (B♭ minor, E♭ minor, and F minor).
B♭ Minor Cheat Sheet
Popular chords, progressions, downloadable MIDI files and more
About the Chord Progressions
| Section | Progression | Songs with this progression |
|---|---|---|
| Intro |
i
VIIadd6
iv
VIadd6
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| Verse |
i
iv
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| Chorus |
VI
v7
iv
VII
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| Chorus Lead-Out |
VI
v7
iv
VII
v7
iv
VII
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No other theorytabs with this progression |
| Bridge |
i
IV64(dor)
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| Solo |
i
VIIadd6
iv
VIadd6
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About the Melody
Melody data is compiled from all analyzed melody sections, so depending on how a user analyzed a song, "melody" might include instrumental notes.
Ab2 – F5
Melody range across 33 semitones
1.10 beats/note
Across 232.0 beats of melody
Stepwise Motion
Jumpiness
Repeaty
100%
Diatonic
Percentage of notes within the song's key.
54%
Chord Tones
Percentage of notes that fall on a chord tone of the underlying harmony.
Mixed
Consonance
How smoothly the melody blends with the harmony (0 = dissonant, 1 = consonant).
Loose
Syncopation
How often the melody emphasizes off-beats. Higher = more syncopated.
About the Metrics
Chord Complexity
Chord Complexity tracks when a song goes beyond simple three-note chords—either by adding extra tones (like 7ths or add9s) or by borrowing notes from outside the key—creating richer, more sophisticated harmonies.
Melodic Complexity
Melodic Complexity reflects two factors: the use of notes outside the key and rhythmic syncopation, together capturing how intricate or surprising a melody feels.
Chord-Melody Tension
Chord-Melody Tension quantifies how often melody notes fall outside the current chord, producing dissonance that creates a sense of instability.
Chord Progression Novelty
Chord Progression Novelty measures how uncommon a song's chord changes are compared to others in the Hooktheory database, highlighting progressions that deviate from typical patterns.
Chord-Bass Melody
Chord–Bass Melody evaluates how smoothly the bass moves between chords, scoring higher when it travels step-wise, ascending or descending, instead of jumping directly between root position chords.
Hooktheory's metrics are calculated against the entire database of analyzed songs, where 50 is the "average song." Learn more about each of these metrics here.
Chord Complexity
58
Measures how diverse and sophisticated the chord vocabulary is in this song.
Percentile: 58/100 — above average
Melodic Complexity
17
Measures the range, intervallic variety, and rhythmic complexity of the melody.
Percentile: 17/100 — below average
Chord-Melody Tension
63
Measures how much the melody notes clash or harmonize with the underlying chords.
Percentile: 63/100 — above average
Chord Prog. Novelty
76
Measures how unusual or unexpected the chord progressions are compared to common patterns.
Percentile: 76/100 — above average
Chord-Bass Melody
60
Measures the melodic movement of the bass notes across chord changes.
Percentile: 60/100 — above average
Song Data
Metrics Radar Chart
This Must Be The Place I Waited Years To LeaveAverage Song
BPM Comparison
Melody Distribution
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Melodic Intervals
Distribution of note-to-note jumps in semitones (negative = downward, positive = upward)
Note Durations
How long each note is held (in beats)
Syncopation
How many notes fall on each level of metric strength (0 = on-beat, higher = increasingly off-beat)
Level 0
Notes that fall on the downbeat — the strongest metric position in the measure.
Level 1
Notes on a secondary strong beat (e.g. beat 3 in 4/4) — still firmly on the grid.
Level 2
Notes on the remaining primary beats (2 and 4 in 4/4) — moderate metric weight.
Level 3
Notes on eighth-note offbeats — between the primary beats. Audibly syncopated.
