Bruno Mars - I Just Mind - Chord

Key F major – D minor Chords Gm7, F, Am7, Gm7/C, Bbmaj7, Abm7 Easy key C (capo 5)

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                      F
One, two, three, four
F                               Gm7
 Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo doo doo
F                               Gm7
 Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo doo doo

F                          Gm7                F
 You stepped inside with a vibe I ain't never seen, uh
         Gm7
Yes, you did, ooh
F                               Gm7                    F
 So, girl, if you talk like you walk, come and talk to me
Gm7
 But look here, uh

         F                                     Gm7
It would break my heart, break my heart, break my heart
                        F      Gm7
If I find out you can't mooooove, uh
           F                    Gm7
You better show me now, show me now, show me now
                              F
'Cause when I take you to the floor, ooh, you gotta get down
Gm7
You know what to do

Gm7  Abm7  Am7         Gm7
Hey,  Mr.  DJ (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7           Gm7
Play a song for this pretty little lady (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7                     Gm7
'Cause if she dance as good as she look right now (Oh, oh, oh)
                Am7        Bbmaj7      Gm7/C
I just might, I just might make her my baby
                         Gm7/C
I just might make her my baby, hey

F                               Gm7
 Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo doo doo, I just might
F                               Gm7
 Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo doo doo, Oh I just might

          F                          Gm7              F
But, first, may I just say that your facе got me so intrigued?
Gm7
I'm so intrigued
F                                Gm7
 But what good is bеauty if your booty can't find the beat?
F
 I don't wanna know, girl
Gm7
 So, please, don't do that to me, uh

         F                                     Gm7
It would break my heart, break my heart, break my heart
                        F  Gm7
If I find out you can't move, uh
           F                    Gm7
You better show me now, show me now, show me now
                              F
'Cause when I take you to the floor, ooh, you gotta get down
    Gm7
You know what to do

Gm7  Abm7  Am7         Gm7
Hey,  Mr.  DJ (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7           Gm7
Play a song for this pretty little lady (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7                     Gm7
'Cause if she dance as good as she look right now (Oh, oh, oh)
                Am7        Bbmaj7      Gm7/C
I just might, I just might make her my baby

I just might make her my baby, hey

Am7            Gm7
   Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah
Am7            Gm7
   Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah
Am7                                            Gm7
Here's the part where you break it all the way down, down, down, down
Am7                                         Gm7
This the part where I turn you all the way around, 'round, 'round, 'round
Am7                             Gm7
Put some spirit in it, put your heart into it
       Am7  Bbmaj7
That's all  I need
Gm7/C
And if I like what I see, you're coming home with me

Gm7  Abm7  Am7         Gm7
Hey,  Mr.  DJ (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7           Gm7
Play a song for this pretty little lady (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7                     Gm7
'Cause if she dance as good as she look right now (Oh, oh, oh)
                Am7        Bbmaj7      Gm7/C
I just might, I just might make her my baby

I just might make her my baby, hey
Gm7  Abm7  Am7         Gm7
Hey,  Mr.  DJ (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7           Gm7
Play a song for this pretty little lady (Oh, oh, oh)
                                   Am7                     Gm7
'Cause if she dance as good as she look right now (Oh, oh, oh)
                Am7        Bbmaj7      Gm7/C
I just might, I just might make her my baby
                         Gm7/C
I just might make her my baby, hey

F                               Gm7
 Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo doo doo, I just might
F                               Gm7
 Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo doo doo, Oh I just might

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Harmony analysis

Bruno Mars – I Just Mind: key and chord analysis

The song opens on F and ends on Gm7. 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: to us the song feels closer to the F major side because it opens on F and F is heard 23 times while Dm never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from D minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

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	23×
ii7	Gm7	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · D · F	43×
ii7	Gm7/C	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · D · F	7×
biii7	Abm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb	4×
iii7	Am7	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	A · C · E · G	22×
III	A	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E	—
IVmaj7	Bbmaj7	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · D · F · A	5×
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	23×
iv7	Gm7	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · Bb · D · F	43×
iv7	Gm7/C	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · Bb · D · F	7×
#iv7	Abm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb	4×
v7	Am7	Minor dominant — soft pull	A · C · E · G	22×
V	A	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	A · C# · E	—
VImaj7	Bbmaj7	Submediant — warm colour	Bb · D · F · A	5×
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). 6 different chords appear 104 times in total; 5 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Abm7 step outside the scale as colour chords.

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 Gm7, land on G, Bb, D — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over F, land on F, A, C — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Am7, 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 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

Starting on F, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The chords that keep coming back are Gm7, F, Am7, Gm7/C; read them as ii7–I–iii7–ii7 in F or iv7–III–v7–iv7 in Dm. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Ending on Gm7, 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.