Sena Şener - Self Control - Chord

Key A major – F# minor Chords F#m, C#m, E, Bm, D, A Easy key C

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F#m  C#m  F#m  C#m  E  Bm  D  A

         F#m         C#m
Oh, the night is my world
      F#m           C#m
City light painted girl
        E             Bm
In the day nothing matters
          D                A
It's the night time that flatters

         F#m         C#m
In the night, no control
     F#m                     C#m
Through the wall something's breaking
         E                 Bm
Wearing white as you're walkin'
          D             A
Down the street of my soul

F#m                           C#m
You take my self, you take my self control
F#m                    C#m
You got me livin' only for the night
E                              Bm
Before the morning comes, the story's told
D                             A
You take my self, you take my self control

F#m                           C#m
Another night, another day goes by
F#m                    C#m
I never stop myself to wonder why
E                              Bm
You help me to forget to play my role
D                              A
You take my self, you take my self control

F#m   C#m                             F#m
I, I live among the creatures of the night
   C#m                             E
I haven't got the will to try and fight
  Bm                          D
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
        A
That tomorrow never comes

F#m   C#m                             F#m
A safe night, I'm living in the forest of my dream
   C#m                             E
I know the night is not as it would seem
  Bm                          D
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
        A
That this night will never go

F#m  C#m  F#m  C#m  E  Bm  D  A
ooohhh

         F#m         C#m
Oh, the night is my world
      F#m           C#m
City light painted girl
        E            Bm
In the day nothing matters
          D                A
It's the night time that flatters

F#m   C#m                             F#m
I, I live among the creatures of the night
   C#m                             E
I haven't got the will to try and fight
  Bm                          D
Against a new tomorrow, so I guess I'll just believe it
        A
That tomorrow never comes

F#m   C#m                             F#m
A safe night, I'm living in the forest of my dream
   C#m                             E
I know the night is not as it would seem
  Bm                          D
I must believe in something, so I'll make myself believe it
        A
That this night will never go

F#m  C#m  F#m  C#m  E  Bm  D  A
ooohhh

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Sena Şener - Self Control Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Sena Şener – Self Control: key and chord analysis

The song opens on F#m and ends on A. Its chords belong to both A major and F#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

A major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

F# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = D (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = E (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: we can't honestly pick a side here — the song moves freely between A major and F# minor because it comes to rest on A, it opens on F#m and F#m is heard 24 times against 12 for A. Try reading the chords both ways and see which feels more like home to you.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to A or to F#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.

Seen from A major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	A	Tonic — home	A · C# · E	12×
ii	Bm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F#	12×
iii	C#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	C# · E · G#	24×
V/vi	C#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to F#msecondary dominant	C# · E# · G#	—
IV	D	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F# · A	12×
V	E	Dominant — strongest pull home	E · G# · B	12×
vi	F#m	Relative minor — the melancholy side	F# · A · C#	24×
vii°	G#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	G# · B · D	—

Seen from F# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	F#m	Tonic — home	F# · A · C#	24×
ii°	G#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G# · B · D	—
III	A	Relative major — the bright side	A · C# · E	12×
iv	Bm	Subdominant — moves away from home	B · D · F#	12×
v	C#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	C# · E · G#	24×
V	C#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C# · E# · G#	—
VI	D	Submediant — warm colour	D · F# · A	12×
VII	E	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	E · G# · B	12×

Analysis

The key pair is A major and its relative F# minor (3 sharps). 6 different chords appear 96 times in total; 6 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Everything stays inside one scale, which is why the song is easy to follow by ear.

Chord movement

D A AIV → Iplagal cadence F#mVI → III ×12
C#m F#m Aiii → vi F#mv → inatural-minor cadence ×12

The move to watch is D → A, heard 12 times. From the A side it reads IV → I (plagal cadence: the soft 'amen' ending); from the F#m side it is VI → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

A major pentatonic and F# minor pentatonic are the same five notes (A – B – C# – E – F#): start from A for a brighter phrase, from F# for a bluesier one.
Over F#m, land on F#, A, C# — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over C#m, land on C#, E, G# — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over E, land on E, G#, B — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.

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 A major shapes

No capo — open A shapes
Capo 2 + G shapes
Capo 5 + E shapes

With F# minor shapes

Capo 2 + Em shapes
Capo 4 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

3 semitones up
2 semitones down · capo 2 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is F#m; the ear learns where home is within a second. The chords that keep coming back are F#m, C#m, E, Bm; read them as vi–iii–V–ii in A or i–v–VII–iv in F#m. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on D → A (IV → I in A, VI → III in F#m): plagal cadence — the soft 'amen' ending. Ending on A, the song seals A 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.