Ariana Grande - Ghostin - Chord

Key B major – G# minor Chords G, Em, D, D/F# Difficulty already in its easiest key

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G  Em  D  D/F#

G                           Em
  I know you hear me when I cry
D                        D/F#
  I try to hold it in at night
               G
While you're sleeping next to me
          Em                          D  D/F#
But it's your arms that I need this time 

G                                   Em 
  Look at the cards that we've been dealt
D                     D/F#     
  If you were anybody else
           G
Probably wouldn't last a day
       Em                        D  D/F#
Heavy tears, a rain parade from hell 

                   G
Baby, you do it so well
                            Em
You've been so understanding, you've been so good
D                         D/F#     
  And I'm puttin' you through more than one ever should
G                   Em
  And I'm hating myself 'cause you don't want to
D               D/F#     
  Admit that it hurts you

G                Em                        D          D/F#     
  I know that it breaks your heart when I cry again, over him 
G                Em                        D                     D/F#     
  I know that it breaks your heart when I cry again, instead of ghostin' him
            G                      Em               D          D/F#     
We'll get through this, we'll get past this, I'm a girl with a whole lot of baggage
       G                   Em               D          D/F#     
But I love you, we'll get past this, I'm a girl with a whole lot of baggage, oh yeah

G                              Em
  Though I wish he were here instead
D                                D/F#     
  Don't want that living in your head
         G
He just comes to visit me
           Em                    D    D/F#     
When I'm dreaming every now and then 

G                            Em
  And after all that we been through
                            D        D/F#     
 there's so much to look forward to
          G 
What was done and what was said 
          Em                        D   D/F#     
Leave it all here in this bed with you 

                   G
Baby, you do it so well
                            Em
You've been so understanding, you've been so good
D                         D/F#     
  And I'm puttin' you through more than one ever should
G                   Em
  And I'm hating myself 'cause you don't want to
D               D/F#     
  Admit that it hurts you, baby

G                Em                        D          D/F#     
  I know that it breaks your heart when I cry again, over him 
G                Em                        D                     D/F#     
  I know that it breaks your heart when I cry again, instead of ghostin' him
            G                      Em               D          D/F#     
We'll get through this, we'll get past this, I'm a girl with a whole lot of baggage
       G                              Em           
But I love you , we'll get past this 
       D          D/F#    
I'm a girl with a whole lot of baggage, oh yeah

G        Em       D     D/F#
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, yeah, ooh ooh   
G        Em       D     D/F#
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, yeah, ooh ooh   
G     Em    D     D/F#
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
G     Em    D     D/F#     G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ooh ooh, yeah

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Harmony analysis

Ariana Grande – Ghostin: key and chord analysis

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

Major view

B major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

G# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = E (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = F# (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 B major and G# 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 B or to G#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 B major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	B	Tonic — home	B · D# · F#	—
ii	C#m	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G#	—
bIII	D	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	D · F# · A	25×
bIII	D/F#	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	D · F# · A	25×
iii	D#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	D# · F# · A#	—
III	D#	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D# · G · A#	—
IV	E	Subdominant — moves away from home	E · G# · B	—
iv	Em	Minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	E · G · B	25×
V	F#	Dominant — strongest pull home	F# · A# · C#	—
bVI	G	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	G · B · D	26×
vi	G#m	Relative minor — the melancholy side	G# · B · D#	—
vii°	A#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	A# · C# · E	—

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

Analysis

The key pair is B major and its relative G# minor (5 sharps). 4 different chords appear 101 times in total; 0 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. G, Em, D, D/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

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

Capo 2 + A shapes
Capo 4 + G shapes
Capo 7 + E shapes

With G# minor shapes

Capo 4 + Em shapes
Capo 6 + 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, Em, D, D/F#; read them as bVI–iv–bIII–bIII in B or #VII–vi–#IV–#IV in G#m. G briefly darkens the picture: borrowed from the parallel minor. Ending on G, the song seals B 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.