Bayhan - Ah Canım Vah Canım - Chord

Key F major – D minor Chords Am, Gm Easy key C (capo 5)

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Am  Am  Am  Gm
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Am                             Gm
Böylesine suskun, böylesine puskun
     Am
Olur mu bu devirde diye kendine
                  Gm
Bir gün olsun hiç sordun mu?
Am                       Gm
Öylesine mahsun, öylesine masum
Am                                      Gm
Niye böyle doğmuşum diye gelecekten hiç korkulur mu?

Am
Ah canım, vah canım

Üzme tatlı canını

Geçer bu yara ancak
Gm
Düşünürsek canım
Am
Ah canım, vah canım

Üzme tatlı canını

Biter bu dava ancak
Gm
Düşünürsek canım

Am  Am  Am  Gm
x2

Am
Biliyoruz maddiyat
                 Gm
Görüyoruz başını almış
         Am
İnsan denen insanoğlu
                      Gm
Uykuya dalarsa başını yakarmış
Am
Dönüyoruz hep beraber
            Gm
Dönüyoruz aynı yöne
Am                                      Gm
Doğası bu, kanunu şu diye duraklamak sence olur mu?

Am
Ah canım, vah canım

Üzme tatlı canını

Geçer bu yara ancak
Gm
Düşünürsek canım
Am
Ah canım, vah canım

Üzme tatlı canını

Biter bu dava ancak
Gm
Düşünürsek canım

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Bayhan - Ah Canım Vah Canım Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Bayhan – Ah Canım Vah Canım: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Am and ends on Gm. Its chords belong to both F major and Dm, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

F major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

D minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Bb (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = C (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 F major and D 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 F or to Dm; 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 F major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	F	Tonic — home	F · A · C	—
ii	Gm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · D	14×
iii	Am	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	A · C · E	18×
III	A	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E	—
IV	Bb	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · D · F	—
V	C	Dominant — strongest pull home	C · E · G	—
vi	Dm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	D · F · A	—
vii°	Edim	Leading-tone chord — tension	E · G · Bb	—

Seen from D minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Dm	Tonic — home	D · F · A	—
ii°	Edim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · Bb	—
III	F	Relative major — the bright side	F · A · C	—
iv	Gm	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · Bb · D	14×
v	Am	Minor dominant — soft pull	A · C · E	18×
V	A	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	A · C# · E	—
VI	Bb	Submediant — warm colour	Bb · D · F	—
VII	C	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	C · E · G	—

Analysis

The key pair is F major and its relative D minor (1 flat). 2 different chords appear 32 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

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

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

Capo 1 + E shapes
Capo 3 + D shapes
Capo 5 + C shapes

With D minor shapes

No capo — open Dm shapes
Capo 5 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones down · capo 5 keeps the original pitch
2 semitones up

The song's harmonic story

The opening Am lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The chords that keep coming back are Am, Gm; read them as iii–ii in F or v–iv in Dm. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Ending on Gm, the song seals F 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.