Maroon 5 - One More Night - Chord

Key Db major – Bb minor Chords Bbm, Fm, Eb Easy key C (capo 1)

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Fm                        Eb  Bbm
Ooo, oo oo oo, oo oo, oo ooo

             Fm                           Eb      Bbm
You and I go on at each other like we're going to war
             Fm                                  Eb           Bbm
You and I go rough, we keep throwing things and slamming the door
             Fm                          Eb           Bbm
You and I get so damn dysfunctional we start keeping score
             Fm                             Eb         Bbm
You and I get sick, yeah I know that we can do this no more

Fm                                            Eb                Bbm
But baby there you go again, there you go again making me love you oh
Fm                                   Eb                Bbm
   I stopped using my head, using my head let it all go oh
Fm                                          Eb     Bbm
Now you're stuck on my body, on body like a tattoo oh

Fm                                         Eb             Bbm
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid coming back to you

Fm                         Eb     Bbm
So I cross my heart and I hope to die
Fm                           Eb       Bbm
That I'll only stay with you one more night
Fm                     Eb      Bbm
And I know I said it a million times
Fm                           Eb        Bbm
But I'll only stay with you one more night

                Fm                      Eb          Bbm
Try to tell you no but my body keeps on telling you yes
                Fm                               Eb         Bbm
Try to tell you stop, but your lipstick's got me so out of breath
            Fm                          Eb       Bbm
I'll waking up in the morning probably hating myself
           Fm                         Eb      Bbm
I'll be waking up feeling satisfied but guilty as hell

Fm                                                        Eb       Bbm
But baby there you go again, there you go again making me love you oh
Fm                                          Eb            Bbm
Baby I stopped using my head, using my head let it all go oh
Fm                                          Eb     Bbm
Now you're stuck on my body, on body like a tattoo oh
Fm                                                Eb       Bbm
And now I'm feeling stupid, feeling stupid coming back to you

Fm                         Eb     Bbm
So I cross my heart and I hope to die
Fm                           Eb       Bbm
That I'll only stay with you one more night
Fm                     Eb      Bbm
And I know I said it a million times
Fm                           Eb        Bbm
But I'll only stay with you one more night

Fm                Eb       Bbm
Yeah baby give me one more night

Fm                                                        Eb       Bbm
But baby there you go again, there you go again making me love you oh
Fm                                          Eb            Bbm
Baby I stopped using my head, using my head let it all go oh
Fm                                          Eb     Bbm
Now you're stuck on my body, on body like a tattoo oh
Bbm
yeah, yeah, yeah

   Fm                         Eb     Bbm
So I cross my heart and I hope to die
   Fm                           Eb       Bbm
That I'll only stay with you one more night
   Fm                     Eb      Bbm
And I know I said it a million times
   Fm                           Eb      Bbm
But I'll only stay with you one more night

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Maroon 5 - One More Night Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Maroon 5 – One More Night: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Fm and ends on Bbm. Its chords belong to both Db major and Bbm, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

Db major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

Bb minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Gb (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = Ab (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the Bb minor side because it comes to rest on Bbm and Bbm is heard 34 times while Db never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from Db 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 Db or to Bbm; 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 Db major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	Db	Tonic — home	Db · F · Ab	—
ii	Ebm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	Eb · Gb · Bb	—
II	Eb	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Eb · G · Bb	33×
iii	Fm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	F · Ab · C	33×
V/vi	F	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Bbmsecondary dominant	F · A · C	—
IV	Gb	Subdominant — moves away from home	Gb · Bb · Db	—
V	Ab	Dominant — strongest pull home	Ab · C · Eb	—
vi	Bbm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	Bb · Db · F	34×
vii°	Cdim	Leading-tone chord — tension	C · Eb · Gb	—

Seen from Bb minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Bbm	Tonic — home	Bb · Db · F	34×
ii°	Cdim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C · Eb · Gb	—
III	Db	Relative major — the bright side	Db · F · Ab	—
iv	Ebm	Subdominant — moves away from home	Eb · Gb · Bb	—
IV	Eb	Major IV — Dorian / melodic-minor colourmodal colour	Eb · G · Bb	33×
v	Fm	Minor dominant — soft pull	F · Ab · C	33×
V	F	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	F · A · C	—
VI	Gb	Submediant — warm colour	Gb · Bb · Db	—
VII	Ab	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Ab · C · Eb	—

Analysis

The key pair is Db major and its relative Bb minor (5 flats). 3 different chords appear 100 times in total; 2 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Eb 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

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

Capo 1 + C shapes
Capo 4 + A shapes
Capo 6 + G shapes

With Bb minor shapes

Capo 1 + Am shapes
Capo 6 + Em shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

1 semitone down · capo 1 keeps the original pitch
4 semitones up

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is Fm; the ear learns where home is within a second. Bbm, Fm, Eb carry the song: vi–iii–II relative to Db, i–v–IV relative to Bbm. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. It closes on Bbm, letting the Bbm side have the last word.

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.