Frank Sinatra - I Love You Baby - Chord

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to E or to C#m; 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.

Analysis

The key pair is E major and its relative C# minor (4 sharps). 16 different chords appear 69 times in total; 7 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. C#, E7, F# act as secondary dominants, briefly pointing at another chord of the key. Am, G, Gmaj7, G7, C are borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

1. F#m → B Eii → Vii → V C#miv → VII ×9
2. B → E EV → Iauthentic cadence C#mVII → III ×7
3. Am → E Eiv → Iminor plagal C#mvi → III ×2
4. E7 → A EV7/IV → IVsecondary resolution C#mV7/VI → VI ×2
5. G7 → C EbIII7 → bVIsecondary resolution C#m#IV7 → #VII ×1

The move to watch is F#m → B, heard 9 times. From the E side it reads ii → V (ii → V: the classic preparation of the dominant); from the C#m side it is iv → VII. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

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The song's harmonic story

The first chord is E; the ear learns where home is within a second. E, F#m, B, C# carry the song: I–ii–V–V/ii relative to E, III–iv–VII–V/iv relative to C#m. C# adds a moment of surprise: secondary dominant V/ii — leads to F#m. Keep an ear on F#m → B (ii → V in E, iv → VII in C#m): ii → V — the classic preparation of the dominant. The final chord is B; the ear comes to rest in E.

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.