Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine - Chord

Key D major – B minor Chords Dmaj7, A Difficulty already in its easiest key

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Dmaj7
I don't care what people say

We both know I couldn't change you
                           A
I guess you could say the same

Can't rearrange truth
                         Dmaj7
I've never seen someone lie like you do
                                          A
So much, even you start to think it's true, ooh

Get me out of this loop

Yeah, yeah
Dmaj7
So now we play our separate scenes

Now, now she's in my bed, mm mm, layin' on your chest
A
Now I'm in my head, wonderin' how it ends
Dmaj7
I'll be the first to say: I'm sorry

Now you got me feelin' sorry
                                    A
I showed you all my demons, all my lies

Yet, you played me like Atari
                                 Dmaj7
Now it's like I'm lookin' in the mirror

Hope you feel alright when you're in her
                                  A
I found a good boy and he's on my side

You're just my eternal sunshine, sunshine

Dmaj7
So I try to wipe my mind
                     A
Just so I feel less insane

Rather feel painless
                           Dmaj7
I'd rather forget than know, know for sure
                                                 A
What we could've fought through behind this door, mm mm

So I close it and move, yeah, yeah

Dmaj7
So now we play our separate scenes

Now, now he's in your bed and layin' on my chest
A
Now I'm in my head, i'm wonderin' how it ends, ends, ends

Dmaj7
I'll be the first to say: I'm sorry

Now you got me feelin' sorry
                                  A
I showed you all my demons, all my lies

Yet, you played me like Atari
Dmaj7
Now it's like I'm lookin' in the mirror

Hope you feel alright when you're in her
                             A
I found a good boy and he's on my side

You're just my eternal sunshine, sunshine

Dmaj7
Won't break, can't shake
              A
This fate, rewrite

Deep breaths, tight chest
              Dmaj7
Life, death, rewind

Won't  break , can't  shake 
                           A
This  fate , rewrite

Deep  breaths , tight  chest 

Life , death 

Dmaj7
I'll be the first to say: I'm sorry

Now you got me feelin' sorry
                                   A
I showed you all my demons, all my lies

Yet, you played me like Atari
Dmaj7
Now it's like I'm lookin' in the mirror 

Hope you feel alright when you're in her 
                                 A
I found a good boy and he's on my side 

You're just my eternal sunshine, sunshine 

Dmaj7
Won't  break , can't  shake 
                           A
This  fate , rewrite

Deep  breaths , tight  chest 
                            Dmaj7
Life , death , rewind

Won't  break , can't  shake 
                          A
This  fate , rewrite

Deep  breaths , tight  chest 

Life , death 

Dmaj7  A

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Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Ariana Grande – Eternal Sunshine: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Dmaj7 and ends on A. 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 D major side because it opens on D and D is heard 17 times while Bm never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from B minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

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
Imaj7	Dmaj7	Tonic — home	D · F# · A · C#	17×
ii	Em	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · B	—
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	—
V	A	Dominant — strongest pull home	A · C# · E	17×
vi	Bm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	B · D · F#	—
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#	—
ii°	C#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G	—
IIImaj7	Dmaj7	Relative major — the bright side	D · F# · A · C#	17×
iv	Em	Subdominant — moves away from home	E · G · B	—
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	—
VII	A	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	A · C# · E	17×

Analysis

The key pair is D major and its relative B minor (2 sharps). 2 different chords appear 34 times in total; 2 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

A Dmaj7 DV → Imaj7authentic cadence BmVII → IIImaj7 ×16

The move to watch is A → Dmaj7, heard 16 times. From the D side it reads V → Imaj7 (authentic cadence: the strongest arrival home); from the Bm side it is VII → IIImaj7. 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 Dmaj7, land on D, F#, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over A, land on A, C#, E — 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

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

The song's harmonic story

Starting on Dmaj7, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The chords that keep coming back are Dmaj7, A; read them as Imaj7–V in D or IIImaj7–VII in Bm. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on A → Dmaj7 (V → Imaj7 in D, VII → IIImaj7 in Bm): authentic cadence — the strongest arrival home. The final chord is A; the ear comes to rest in D.

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.