Dua Lipa - Break My Heart - Chord

Key G major – E minor Chords Em, D, Bm, Cmaj7, G, C Easy key C (capo 7)

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Em  Cmaj7  Bm

Em                     G
  I've always been the one to say the first goodbye
Cmaj7                   Bm              Em
   Had to love and lose a hundred million times
Em                      G         Em     Cmaj7
  Had to get it wrong to know just what I like
           Bm  D
Now I'm falling
Em                            G           Em
  You say my name like I have never heard before
Cmaj7                     Bm               Em
  I'm indecisive, but, this time, I know for sure
Em                        G        Em          Cmaj7
  I hope I'm not the only one that feels it all
           Bm   D
Are you falling 

Cmaj7
Centre of attention
         D                             Bm
You know you can get whatever you want from me
             Em            D
Whenever you want it, baby
     Cmaj7
It's you in my reflection
      D                                   Bm
I'm afraid of all the things you could do to me

If I would've known it, baby

           Em
I would've stayed at home
       G            D      Em
'Cause I was doing better alone
             Cmaj7
But when you said, "Hello"
  Bm                          Em
I knew that was the end of it all
            Em
I should've stayed at home
       G               D              Em
'Cause now there ain't no letting you go
     Cmaj7                  Bm             D
Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart
Em       G           D       Em
  Oh no, I was doing better alone
             Cmaj7
But when you said, "Hello"
  Bm                          Em
I knew that was the end of it all
            Em
I should've stayed at home
       G                   D          Em
'Cause now there ain't no letting you go
     Cmaj7                  Bm             D
Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart

Em                          G      Em
  I wonder, when you go, if I stay on your mind
Cmaj7                           Bm     Em
  Two can play that game, but you win me every time
Em                    G     Em       Cmaj7
  Everyone before you was a waste of time
          Bm    D
Yeah, you got me

C
Centre of attention
         D                             Bm
You know you can get whatever you want from me
             Em           D
Whenever you want it, baby
     C
It's you in my reflection
     D                                    Bm
I'm afraid of all the things you could do to me
              Bm
If I would've known it, baby

           Em
I would've stayed at home
       G           D       Em
'Cause I was doing better alone
             Cmaj7
But when you said, "Hello"
  Bm                          Em
I knew that was the end of it all
            Em
I should've stayed at home
       G                   D          Em
'Cause now there ain't no letting you go
     Cmaj7                  Bm             D
Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart
Em       G           D       Em
  Oh no, I was doing better alone
             Cmaj7
But when you said, "Hello"
  Bm                          Em
I knew that was the end of it all
            Em
I should've stayed at home
       G                  D           Em
'Cause now there ain't no letting you go
     Cmaj7                  Bm             D
Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart

C   D             Bm
 Oooh, break my heart
Em  D             C   D
Ooooh, break my heart Ooh
     Bm                       Bm
Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart

           Em
I would've stayed at home
       G           D       Em
'Cause I was doing better alone
             Cmaj7
But when you said, "Hello"
  Bm                          Em
I knew that was the end of it all
            Em
I should've stayed at home
       G                  D           Em
'Cause now there ain't no letting you go
     Cmaj7                  Bm             D
Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart
Em       G           D       Em
  Oh no, I was doing better alone
             Cmaj7
But when you said, "Hello"
  Bm                          Em
I knew that was the end of it all
            Em
I should've stayed at home
       G                    D          Em
'Cause now there ain't no letting you go
     Cmaj7                  Bm             D
Am I falling in love with the one that could break my heart

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Dua Lipa - Break My Heart Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Dua Lipa – Break My Heart: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Em 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 E minor side because it opens on Em and Em is heard 48 times against 18 for G. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from G 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 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	18×
ii	Am	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A · C · E	—
iii	Bm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	B · D · F#	27×
V/vi	B	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Emsecondary dominant	B · D# · F#	—
IVmaj7	Cmaj7	Subdominant — moves away from home	C · E · G · B	21×
IV	C	Subdominant — moves away from home	C · E · G	4×
V	D	Dominant — strongest pull home	D · F# · A	30×
vi	Em	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B	48×
vii°	F#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	F# · A · C	—

Seen from E minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Em	Tonic — home	E · G · B	48×
ii°	F#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F# · A · C	—
III	G	Relative major — the bright side	G · B · D	18×
iv	Am	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C · E	—
v	Bm	Minor dominant — soft pull	B · D · F#	27×
V	B	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	B · D# · F#	—
VImaj7	Cmaj7	Submediant — warm colour	C · E · G · B	21×
VI	C	Submediant — warm colour	C · E · G	4×
VII	D	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	D · F# · A	30×

Analysis

The key pair is G major and its relative E minor (1 sharp). 6 different chords appear 148 times in total; 6 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 Em GV → videceptive cadence EmVII → iAeolian arrival ×17
Bm Em Giii → vi Emv → inatural-minor cadence ×16
C D GIV → VIV → V EmVI → VIIVI → VII ×4
Cmaj7 D GIVmaj7 → VIV → V EmVImaj7 → VIIVI → VII ×2

The move to watch is D → Em, heard 17 times. From the Em side it is VII → i (Aeolian arrival: rises a whole tone into home); from the G side it reads V → vi (deceptive cadence: expected G, lands on Em). 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 Em, land on E, G, B — 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 Bm, land on B, D, F# — 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

5 semitones up · capo 7 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

The opening Em lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The backbone is Em, D, Bm, Cmaj7 — vi–V–iii–IVmaj7 from the G side, i–VII–v–VImaj7 from the Em side. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on D → Em (V → vi in G, VII → i in Em): Aeolian arrival — rises a whole tone into home. It closes on D, letting the G 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.