Justin Bieber - Baby - Chord

Key Eb major – C minor Chords G, D, A, Bm7, Bm Easy key Ab (capo 7)

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D             Bm          G           A  
 Oohh wooaah, ohh wooaah, ohh wooaah, ohh wooaah

G              D
 You know you love me,I know you care
               Bm7
Just shout whenever, And I'll be there
             G
You want my love, You want my heart
             A                     
And we will never ever ever be apart

     G    D
Are we an item? Girl quit playing
       Bm7
We're just friends, What are you saying
               G
Said there's another and Looked right in my eyes
          A                                    
My first love broke my heart for the first time
    G
And I was like

 D
Baby, baby, baby nooo
          Bm7
I'm like baby, baby, baby noo
          G
I'm like baby, baby, baby nooo
    A                              G
I thought you'd always be mine mine

 D
Baby, baby, baby nooo
          Bm7
I'm like baby, baby, baby noo
          G
I'm like baby, baby, baby nooo
    A                          G
I thought you'd always be mine

     D
For you, I would have done whatever
            Bm7
And I just can't believe we ain't together
              G
And I wanna play it cool, but I'm loosin' you
             A                             
I'll buy you anything, I'll buy you any ring
G           D
And now I'm in pieces, baby fix me
          Bm7
And you shake me 'til you wake, me from this bad dream
     G
I'm going down, down, dooown
            A                                     G
And I just can't believe my first love won't be around

And I'm like

 D
Baby, baby, baby nooo
          Bm7
I'm like baby, baby, baby noo
          G
I'm like baby, baby, baby nooo
    A                              G
I thought you'd always be mine mine

 D
Baby, baby, baby nooo
          Bm7
I'm like baby, baby, baby noo
          G
I'm like baby, baby, baby nooo
    A                          G
I thought you'd always be mine

 D
Yeahh, yeah, yeah

Now I'm all gone
 Bm7
Yeahh, yeah, yeah

Now I'm all gone
 G
Yeahh, yeah, yeah

Now I'm all gone
 A
Yeahh, yeah, yeah

Now I'm all gone

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Justin Bieber - Baby Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Justin Bieber – Baby: key and chord analysis

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

Major view

Eb major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = D (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = Ab (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

C minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Ab (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = Bb (natural-minor colour)
#7 = B (harmonic-minor leading tone from the V chord)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the C minor side because the major V chord points straight at Cm. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from Eb 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 Eb or to Cm; 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 Eb major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	Eb	Tonic — home	Eb · G · Bb	—
ii	Fm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F · Ab · C	—
iii	Gm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	G · Bb · D	—
III	G	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · B · D	19×
IV	Ab	Subdominant — moves away from home	Ab · C · Eb	—
#IV	A	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E	10×
V	Bb	Dominant — strongest pull home	Bb · D · F	—
bvi7	Bm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	B · D · F# · A	9×
bvi	Bm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	B · D · F#	1×
vi	Cm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	C · Eb · G	—
vii°	Ddim	Leading-tone chord — tension	D · F · Ab	—
V/iii	D	Secondary dominant V/iii — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A	10×

Seen from C minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Cm	Tonic — home	C · Eb · G	—
ii°	Ddim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	D · F · Ab	—
V/v	D	Secondary dominant V/v — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A	10×
III	Eb	Relative major — the bright side	Eb · G · Bb	—
iv	Fm	Subdominant — moves away from home	F · Ab · C	—
v	Gm	Minor dominant — soft pull	G · Bb · D	—
V	G	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	G · B · D	19×
VI	Ab	Submediant — warm colour	Ab · C · Eb	—
#VI	A	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E	10×
VII	Bb	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Bb · D · F	—
#vii7	Bm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	B · D · F# · A	9×
#vii	Bm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	B · D · F#	1×

Analysis

The key pair is Eb major and its relative C minor (3 flats). 5 different chords appear 49 times in total; 0 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. The major V of Cm brings the harmonic-minor leading tone, giving the minor side a sharper, more dramatic pull. D acts as a secondary dominant, briefly pointing at another chord of the key.

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

Eb major pentatonic and C minor pentatonic are the same five notes (Eb – F – G – Bb – C): start from Eb for a brighter phrase, from C for a bluesier one.
Over G, land on G, B, D — 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.
Over A, land on A, C#, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
When G comes, swap the scale's Bb for B: that single note is the harmonic-minor sound of the chord.

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 Eb major shapes

Capo 1 + D shapes
Capo 3 + C shapes
Capo 6 + A shapes

With C minor shapes

Capo 3 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones up · capo 7 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is D; the ear learns where home is within a second. G, D, A, Bm7 carry the song: III–V/iii–#IV–bvi7 relative to Eb, V–V/v–#VI–#vii7 relative to Cm. G is the interesting twist: in Eb it is a chromatic chord (III), while in Cm it becomes the dominant (V) that makes the minor side sound so determined. The final chord is A; the ear comes to rest in Eb.

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.