Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful - Chord

Key D major – B minor Chords A, Bm, G, D, Em Easy key G (capo 7)

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G A Bm D

              G
I've seen the world 
       A        Bm        D
Done it all, had my cake now 
   G           A       Bm        D
Diamonds, brilliant, and Bel-Air now 
           G            A
Hot summer nights mid July 
            D             Bm
When you and I were forever wild 
           G              A
The crazy days, the city lights 
              Bm                  D
The way you'd play with me like a child 


G                      A                  Bm               D
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful 
G                      A                  Bm               D
Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul 
           G                  A
I know you will, I know you will 
                Bm            D
I know that you will 
               G                    A          Bm       D
Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful 


              G             A       Bm        D
I've seen the world, lit it up as my stage now 
     G            A          Bm      D
Channeling angels in, the new age now 
           G               A
Hot summer days, rock and roll 
               D                   Bm
The way you'd play for me at your show 
            G              A
And all the ways I got to know 
            Bm                  D
Your pretty face and electric soul 


G                      A                  Bm              D
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful 
G                      A                  Bm             D
Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul 
           G               A
I know you will, I know you will 
                Bm          D
I know that you will 
               G                   A           Bm       D
Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful 


     G                   A
Dear lord when I get to heaven 
       Bm               D
Please let me bring my man 
        G                         A
When he comes tell me that you'll let me 
       Bm             D
Father tell me if you can 
        G             A
Oh that grace, oh that body 
        Bm                 D
Oh that face makes me wanna party 
        Bm             A             Em
He's my sun, he makes shine like diamonds 


G                      A                Bm              D
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful 
G                      A                Bm              D
Will you still love me when I got nothing but my aching soul 
           G               A
I know you will, I know you will 
                Bm          D
I know that you will 
               G                   A           Bm       D
Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful 
               G                   A            Bm       D
Will you still love me when I'm no longer beautiful 
               G                   A             Bm       
Will you still love me when I'm not young and beautiful

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Harmony analysis

Lana Del Rey – Young and Beautiful: key and chord analysis

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

Major view

D major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

B minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = G (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = A (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the B minor side because it comes to rest on Bm and Bm is heard 27 times against 25 for D. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from D 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 D or to Bm; 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 D major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	D	Tonic — home	D · F# · A	25×
ii	Em	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · B	1×
iii	F#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	F# · A · C#	—
V/vi	F#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Bmsecondary dominant	F# · A# · C#	—
IV	G	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · B · D	26×
V	A	Dominant — strongest pull home	A · C# · E	27×
vi	Bm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	B · D · F#	27×
vii°	C#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	C# · E · G	—

Seen from B minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Bm	Tonic — home	B · D · F#	27×
ii°	C#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G	—
III	D	Relative major — the bright side	D · F# · A	25×
iv	Em	Subdominant — moves away from home	E · G · B	1×
v	F#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	F# · A · C#	—
V	F#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	F# · A# · C#	—
VI	G	Submediant — warm colour	G · B · D	26×
VII	A	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	A · C# · E	27×

Analysis

The key pair is D major and its relative B minor (2 sharps). 5 different chords appear 106 times in total; 5 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

G A DIV → VIV → V BmVI → VIIVI → VII ×26
A Bm DV → videceptive cadence BmVII → iAeolian arrival ×24
A D DV → Iauthentic cadence BmVII → III ×2

The move to watch is G → A, heard 26 times. From the Bm side it is VI → VII (VI → VII: the rising step that heads for the tonic); from the D side it reads IV → V (IV → V: the lift that builds tension before home). Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

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

No capo — open D shapes
Capo 2 + C shapes
Capo 5 + A shapes

With B minor shapes

Capo 2 + Am shapes
Capo 7 + Em shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones up · capo 7 keeps the original pitch
2 semitones down · capo 2 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on G, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The chords that keep coming back are A, Bm, G, D; read them as V–vi–IV–I in D or VII–i–VI–III in Bm. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on G → A (IV → V in D, VI → VII in Bm): VI → VII — the rising step that heads for the tonic. Ending on Bm, the song seals Bm 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.