Lady Gaga - Your Song - Chord

Key A major – F# minor Chords G, C, D, Em, Am, Bm, B Difficulty already in its easiest key

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G  C    G    C

G                   C      D                  Bm
  It's a little bit funny,     this feeling inside
Em                                           C
   I'm not one of those who can      easily hide
G                    D         B         Em        G
   I don't have much money but, boy if I did
G               Am         C               D
  I'd buy a big house where we both could live

G             C            D                   Bm
  If I was a sculptor but,     but then again no
     Em                                          C
Or a man who makes potions on a      travelling show
G                  D                 B           Em       G
   I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
G               Am      C                G
  My gift is my song and this one's for you

D                    Em        Am               C
    And you can tell everybody    this is your song
D              Em              Am                C
    It may be quite simple but    now that it's done
Em                                                                            C
   I hope you don't mind,      I hope you don't mind,      that I put down in words
    G         C                          D
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
G  C            G    C
       Ooh ooh ooh

G              C        D                  Bm
  I sat on the roof and     kicked off the moss
        Em                                                 C
Well a few of these verses, well they've      got me quite cross
G                     D          B                    Em        G
   But the sun's been quite kind, while I wrote this song
G                      Am      C                D
  It's for people like you that keep it turned on

G                 C           D                       Bm
  So excuse me forgetting , but these things I do
     Em                                             C
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
G                        D  B              Em        G
   Well anyway the thing is, what I really mean
G                      Am          C            G
  Cause yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

D                    Em        Am               C
    And you can tell everybody    this is your song
D              Em              Am                C
    It may be quite simple but    now that it's done
Em                                                                            C
   I hope you don't mind,      I hope you don't mind,      that I put down in words
    G         C                          D
How wonderful life is now you're in the world

Em                                                                            C
   I hope you don't mind,      I hope you don't mind,      that I put down in words
    G         C
How wonderful life is now you're in, you're in, you're in
N.C.            G  C    G    C
You're in the world

G  C    G    C     G

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Lady Gaga - Your Song Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Lady Gaga – Your Song: key and chord analysis

The song opens on G and ends on G. 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. 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	—
i	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	8×
ii	Bm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F#	4×
V/V	B	Secondary dominant V/V — leads to Esecondary dominant	B · D# · F#	4×
bIII	C	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	C · E · G	28×
iii	C#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	C# · E · G#	—
III	C#	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C# · E# · G#	—
IV	D	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F# · A	16×
V	E	Dominant — strongest pull home	E · G# · B	—
v	Em	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G · B	15×
vi	F#m	Relative minor — the melancholy side	F# · A · C#	—
bVII	G	bVII — borrowed (Mixolydian / parallel minor)borrowed chord	G · B · D	28×
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#	—
bII	G	Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord	G · B · D	28×
ii°	G#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G# · B · D	—
III	A	Relative major — the bright side	A · C# · E	—
iii	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	8×
iv	Bm	Subdominant — moves away from home	B · D · F#	4×
IV	B	Major IV — Dorian / melodic-minor colourmodal colour	B · D# · F#	4×
#IV	C	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C · E · G	28×
v	C#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	C# · E · G#	—
V	C#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C# · E# · G#	—
VI	D	Submediant — warm colour	D · F# · A	16×
VII	E	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	E · G# · B	—
vii	Em	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G · B	15×

Analysis

The key pair is A major and its relative F# minor (3 sharps). 7 different chords appear 103 times in total; 2 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. B acts as a secondary dominant, briefly pointing at another chord of the key. G, C are borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

There's no textbook cadence here; the chords circle around each other in a loop, so the song feels more like a groove than a series of arrivals.

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 G, land on G, B, D — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over C, land on C, E, G — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over D, land on D, F#, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
On G, follow the chord's notes (G · B · D) rather than the key's scale — it's a borrowed colour.

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

The song is already written in its easiest key for guitar.

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is G; the ear learns where home is within a second. The chords that keep coming back are G, C, D, Em; read them as bVII–bIII–IV–v in A or bII–#IV–VI–vii in F#m. B adds a moment of surprise: secondary dominant V/V — leads to E. Ending on G, 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.