Tina Turner - I Don't Wanna Fight - Chord

Key G major – E minor Chords G, D/F#, D, Em7, Am, Em, Em9 Difficulty already in its easiest key

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G  D  D/F#  G 

D                          D/F#                        G
There's a pale moon in the sky  The kind you make your wishes on
D                      D/F#                    G
Like the light in your eyes The one I built my dreams upon
     Em7
It's not there any longer
D/F#                                G
Something happened somewhere And we both know why
    Em7
But me, I'm getting stronger
D/F#                            G
We must stop pretending I can't live this life

D                           D/F#
I don't care who's wrong or right
                     G  
I don't really wanna fight no more (Too much talking babe)
D                    D/F#
Let's sleep on it to night
                     G                                       D
I don't really wanna fight no more (This is time for letting go)

D/F#  G

D                       D/F#                  G
I hear a whisper in the air It simply doesn't bother me
D                          D/F#                 G
Can't you see that I don't care  Or are you you looking right through me
Em7
Seems to me that lately
D/F#                               G
You look at me the wrong way and I start to cry 
Em7
Could it be that maybe
     D/F#                   G
This crazy situation is the reason why

D                           D/F#
I don't care who's wrong or right
                     G
I don't really wanna fight no more (Too much talking babe)
D                 D/F#
Let's sleep on it tonight
                     G
I don't really wanna fight no more (Tired of all these games)
D                  D/F#
But baby don't you know
                   G
That I don't wanna hurt no more (It's time, I'm walking babe)
D                       D/F#
Don't care now who's to blame
                     G                                       D
I don't really wanna fight no more (This is time for letting go) D [hold]

Am         G
Hanging on to the past
D/F#                  Em
It only stands in our way
Am                      G
We had to grow for our love to last
    G              D
But we just grew a part
D/F#              G            Em
No, I don't wanna hurt no more 

D  D/F#  G  Em9  

D                  D/F#
But baby don't you know
                 G
No I don't wanna hurt no more (Too much talking babe)
D                    D/F#
So let's sleep on it tonight
                     G                                       D
I don't really wanna fight no more (This is time for letting go)

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Harmony analysis

Tina Turner – I Don't Wanna Fight: key and chord analysis

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

Major view

G major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

E minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = C (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = D (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the G major side because it opens on G and G is heard 24 times against 7 for Em. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from E minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to G or to Em; 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 G major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	G	Tonic — home	G · B · D	24×
ii	Am	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A · C · E	2×
iii	Bm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	B · D · F#	—
V/vi	B	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Emsecondary dominant	B · D# · F#	—
IV	C	Subdominant — moves away from home	C · E · G	—
V	D/F#	Dominant — strongest pull home	D · F# · A	21×
V	D	Dominant — strongest pull home	D · F# · A	18×
vi7	Em7	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B · D	4×
vi	Em	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B	2×
vi7	Em9	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B · D · F#	1×
vii°	F#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	F# · A · C	—

Seen from E minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i7	Em7	Tonic — home	E · G · B · D	4×
i	Em	Tonic — home	E · G · B	2×
i7	Em9	Tonic — home	E · G · B · D · F#	1×
ii°	F#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F# · A · C	—
III	G	Relative major — the bright side	G · B · D	24×
iv	Am	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C · E	2×
v	Bm	Minor dominant — soft pull	B · D · F#	—
V	B	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	B · D# · F#	—
VI	C	Submediant — warm colour	C · E · G	—
VII	D/F#	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	D · F# · A	21×
VII	D	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	D · F# · A	18×

Analysis

The key pair is G major and its relative E minor (1 sharp). 7 different chords appear 72 times in total; 7 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

D/F# G GV → Iauthentic cadence EmVII → III ×20
D/F# Em GV → videceptive cadence EmVII → iAeolian arrival ×1

The move to watch is D/F# → G, heard 20 times. From the G side it reads V → I (authentic cadence: the strongest arrival home); from the Em side it is VII → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

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

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 G major shapes

No capo — open G shapes
Capo 3 + E shapes
Capo 5 + D shapes

With E minor shapes

No capo — open Em shapes
Capo 2 + Dm shapes
Capo 7 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

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

The song's harmonic story

The opening G lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The chords that keep coming back are G, D/F#, D, Em7; read them as I–V–V–vi7 in G or III–VII–VII–i7 in Em. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on D/F# → G (V → I in G, VII → III in Em): authentic cadence — the strongest arrival home. Ending on D, the song seals G 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.