Ariana Grande - Positions - Chord

Key F major – D minor Chords Dm7, Am7, Gm7, Bbmaj7 Easy key C (capo 5)

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Dm7  Am7  Bbmaj7  Gm7

Dm7   Am7             Bbmaj7
Heaven sent you to me
Gm7               Dm7     Am7         Bbmaj7  Gm7
I'm just hopin’ I don't repeat history

               Dm7                 Am7
Boy, I'm tryna meet your mama on a Sunday
    Bbmaj7                 Gm7
And make a lotta love on a Monday
Dm7                        Am7
Never need no (No), no one else, babe
       Bbmaj7
’Cause I'll be

Gm7                         Dm7
Switchin' the positions for you
               Am7                       Bbmaj7
Cookin' in the kitchen and I'm in the bedroom
            Gm7                              Dm7
I'm in the Olympics way, I'm jumping through hoops
               Am7                        Bbmaj7
Know my love infinite, nothin' I wouldn’t do
                Gm7
That I wouldn’t do, switchin' for you

Dm7            Am7
Perfect, perfect
                      Bbmaj7                      Gm7
You’re too good to be true (You're too good to be true)
                   Dm7             Am7
But I get tired of runnin', fuck it
                      Bbmaj7    Gm7
Know I'm runnin’ with you

                    Dm7                 Am7
Said boy, I'm tryna meet your mama on a Sunday
    Bbmaj7                 Gm7
And make a lotta love on a Monday
Dm7                    Am7
Never need no), no one else, babе
       Bbmaj7
'Cause I'll be

Gm7                         Dm7
Switchin' the positions for you
               Am7                      Bbmaj7
Cookin' in the kitchen and I'm in the bedroom
            Gm7                              Dm7
I'm in the Olympics way, I'm jumping through hoops
               Am7                        Bbmaj7
Know my love infinite, nothin' I wouldn’t do
                Gm7               Dm7
That I wouldn’t do, switchin' for you
               Am7                       Bbmaj7
Cookin' in the kitchen and I'm in the bedroom
            Gm7                               Dm7
I'm in the Olympics way, I'm jumping through hoops
               Am7                         Bbmaj7
Know my love infinite, nothin' I wouldn’t do
                Gm7               Dm7
That I wouldn’t do, switchin' for you

                     Am7                Bbmaj7
This some shit that I usually don't do (Yeah)
                   Gm7
But for you I kinda, kinda want to
Dm7                    Am7                          Bbmaj7
'Cause you're down for me and I'm down too (And I'm down too)
 
Yeah, I'm down too
Gm7                         Dm7
Switchin' the positions for you
                       Am7                     Bbmaj7
This some shit that I (Yeah) usually don't do
                   Gm7
But for you I kinda, kinda want to
Dm7                        Am7             Gm7
  'Cause you're down for me and I'm down too

                            Dm7
Switchin' the positions for you
               Am7                      Bbmaj7
Cookin' in the kitchen and I'm in the bedroom
            Gm7                              Dm7
I'm in the Olympics way, I'm jumping through hoops
               Am7                        Bbmaj7
Know my love infinite, nothin' I wouldn’t do
                Gm7               Dm7
That I wouldn’t do, switchin' for you
               Am7                      Bbmaj7
Cookin' in the kitchen and I'm in the bedroom
            Gm7                               Dm7
I'm in the Olympics way, I'm jumping through hoops
               Am7                        Bbmaj7
Know my love infinite, nothin' I wouldn’t do
                Gm7                Dm7
That I wouldn’t do, switchin' for you

Am7    Bbmaj7  Gm7     Dm7
   Yeah           ahh, yeah
Am7      Bbmaj7  Gm7  Dm7  Am7
Ahh, yeah

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Harmony analysis

Ariana Grande – Positions: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Dm7 and ends on Am7. Its chords belong to both F major and Dm, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

F major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

D minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Bb (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = C (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the D minor side because it opens on Dm and Dm is heard 26 times while F never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from F major, and switching between the two views is exactly where the practice value lies.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to F or to Dm; 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 F major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	F	Tonic — home	F · A · C	—
ii7	Gm7	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · D · F	25×
iii7	Am7	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	A · C · E · G	26×
V/vi	A	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Dmsecondary dominant	A · C# · E	—
IVmaj7	Bbmaj7	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · D · F · A	24×
V	C	Dominant — strongest pull home	C · E · G	—
vi7	Dm7	Relative minor — the melancholy side	D · F · A · C	26×
vii°	Edim	Leading-tone chord — tension	E · G · Bb	—

Seen from D minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i7	Dm7	Tonic — home	D · F · A · C	26×
ii°	Edim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · Bb	—
III	F	Relative major — the bright side	F · A · C	—
iv7	Gm7	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · Bb · D · F	25×
v7	Am7	Minor dominant — soft pull	A · C · E · G	26×
V	A	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	A · C# · E	—
VImaj7	Bbmaj7	Submediant — warm colour	Bb · D · F · A	24×
VII	C	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	C · E · G	—

Analysis

The key pair is F major and its relative D minor (1 flat). 4 different chords appear 101 times in total; 4 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

Gm7 Dm7 Fii7 → vi7 Dmiv7 → i7minor plagal ×25

The move to watch is Gm7 → Dm7, heard 25 times. From the Dm side it is iv7 → i7 (minor plagal: deep and melancholic); from the F side it reads ii7 → vi7. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

F major pentatonic and D minor pentatonic are the same five notes (F – G – A – C – D): start from F for a brighter phrase, from D for a bluesier one.
Over Dm7, land on D, F, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Am7, land on A, C, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Gm7, land on G, Bb, D — 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 F major shapes

Capo 1 + E shapes
Capo 3 + D shapes
Capo 5 + C shapes

With D minor shapes

No capo — open Dm shapes
Capo 5 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones down · capo 5 keeps the original pitch
2 semitones up

The song's harmonic story

The opening Dm7 lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The chords that keep coming back are Dm7, Am7, Gm7, Bbmaj7; read them as vi7–iii7–ii7–IVmaj7 in F or i7–v7–iv7–VImaj7 in Dm. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on Gm7 → Dm7 (ii7 → vi7 in F, iv7 → i7 in Dm): minor plagal — deep and melancholic. Ending on Am7, the song seals F 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.