Shawn Mendes - Sweater Weather - Chord

Key D major – B minor Chords Dm, C, F, Am, G Easy key A (capo 5)

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F            Dm
All I am is a man
           Am          C
I want the world in my hands
            F
I hate the beach
       Dm            Am
But I stand in California
                    C
with my toes in the sand
                      F
Use the sleeves on my sweater
                 Dm
Let's have an adventure
             Am                      C
Head in the clouds but my gravity's centered
          F                  Dm
Touch my neck and I'll touch yours
              Am                   C
You in those little high waisted shorts, oh

F
She knows what I think about
Dm
And what I think about
Am
One love, two mouths
C
One love, one house
F
No shirt, no blouse
Dm
Just us, you find out
Am                                     C
Nothing I really wanna tell you about, no

                F       Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
         Am
For you here
    C
And now
          F       Dm
So let me hold who oa
          Am            C
Both your hands in 

 F
And if I may just take your breath away
 Dm
I don't mind if there's not much to say
 Am
Sometimes the silence guides your mind
 C
So move to a place so far away
 F
 The goosebumps start to race
 Dm
The minute that my left hand meets your waist
 Am
  And then I watched your face
 C
Put my finger on your tongue

'Cause you love to taste yeah
F
 These hearts adore
Dm
Everyone the other beat hard is for
Am
Inside this place is warm
C
Outside it starts to pour

F
 Coming down
Dm
One love, two mouths
Am
One love, one house
C
No shirt, no blouse
F
 Just us, you find out
Dm
Nothing I really wanna tell you about
Am    C
No no no

                F      Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
         Am
For you here
    C
And now
          F       Dm
So let me hold who oa
          Am            C
Both your hands in 
                F      Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
         Am
For you here
    C
And now
          F      Dm
So let me hold who oa
          Am           C                      G
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater, whoa oh

Dm    C     G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Dm    C     G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Dm    C     G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Dm    C     G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

                F      Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
         Am
For you here
    C
And now
          F       Dm
So let me hold who oa
          Am            C
Both your hands in 
                F      Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
         Am
For you here
    C
And now
       F       Dm
Let me hold who oa
          Am            C
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater

F          Dm             Am
  It's too cold, it's too coold
      C
  The holes of my sweater

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Shawn Mendes - Sweater Weather Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Shawn Mendes – Sweater Weather: key and chord analysis

The song opens on F and ends on C. 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: we can't honestly pick a side here — the song moves freely between D major and B 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 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	—
i	Dm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D · F · A	26×
ii	Em	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · B	—
bIII	F	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	F · A · C	22×
iii	F#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	F# · A · C#	—
III	F#	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	F# · A# · C#	—
IV	G	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · B · D	5×
V	A	Dominant — strongest pull home	A · C# · E	—
v	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	22×
vi	Bm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	B · D · F#	—
bVII	C	bVII — borrowed (Mixolydian / parallel minor)borrowed chord	C · E · G	26×
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#	—
bII	C	Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord	C · E · G	26×
ii°	C#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G	—
III	D	Relative major — the bright side	D · F# · A	—
iii	Dm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D · F · A	26×
iv	Em	Subdominant — moves away from home	E · G · B	—
#IV	F	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	F · A · C	22×
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	5×
VII	A	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	A · C# · E	—
vii	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	22×

Analysis

The key pair is D major and its relative B minor (2 sharps). 5 different chords appear 101 times in total; 1 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. C, F 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

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 Dm, land on D, F, A — 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 F, land on F, A, C — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
On C, follow the chord's notes (C · E · G) 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 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 down · capo 5 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

The opening F lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The chords that keep coming back are Dm, C, F, Am; read them as i–bVII–bIII–v in D or iii–bII–#IV–vii in Bm. C briefly darkens the picture: bvii — borrowed (mixolydian / parallel minor). It closes on C, letting the D side have the last word.

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.