Queen - Love Of My Life - Chord

Key F major – D minor Chords F, Dm, C, Bb, Am, Gm, G, G7 … Easy key C (capo 5)

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F  Dm  Gm  C
F  Dm  Bb  F  G

C                      Am
Love of my life you've hurt me
       Dm                  G         G7
You've broken my heart and now you leave me
C          C7             F
Love of my life can't you see
         Dm             Am
Bring it back, bring it back
      Bb       F              Bb    F   Dm    Gm    C                F
Don't take it away from me, because you don't know, what it means to me

C                     Am
Love of my life don't leave me
       Dm                 G     G7
You've taken my love, and now desert me
C          C7             F
Love of my life can't you see
         Dm             Am
Bring it back, bring it back
      Bb       F             Bb    F   Dm    Gm     C                F
Don't take it away from me because you don't know - what it means to me

Dm                       Am
You will remember - When this is blown over
    Bb                      F      A
And everything's all by the way
Dm                Am                      D        Ebdim  D
When I grow older I will be there at your side to remind  you
    Gm              C           F
How I still love you still love you

      Dm         Am
Hurry back hurry back
      Bb            F
Please bring it back home to me
  Bb    F   Dm    Gm   C                F
because you don't know what it means to me

Dm
Love of my life
Am              Gm  Bbm F
Love of my life

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Queen - Love Of My Life Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Queen – Love Of My Life: key and chord analysis

The song opens on F and ends on F. 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)
#7 = C# (harmonic-minor leading tone from the V chord)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the F major side because it both starts and finishes on F, F is heard 17 times against 13 for Dm and the major V chord points straight at Dm. 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	17×
ii	Gm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · D	6×
V/V	G	Secondary dominant V/V — leads to Csecondary dominant	G · B · D	3×
V7/V	G7	Secondary dominant V/V — leads to Csecondary dominant	G · B · D · F	2×
iii	Am	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	A · C · E	8×
V/vi	A	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Dmsecondary dominant	A · C# · E	1×
IV	Bb	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · D · F	8×
iv	Bbm	Minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	Bb · Db · F	1×
V	C	Dominant — strongest pull home	C · E · G	9×
V7	C7	Dominant — strongest pull home	C · E · G · Bb	2×
vi	Dm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	D · F · A	13×
V/ii	D	Secondary dominant V/ii — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A	2×
bvii°	Ebdim	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Eb · Gb · A	1×
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	13×
V/iv	D	Secondary dominant V/iv — leads to Gmsecondary dominant	D · F# · A	2×
bii°	Ebdim	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Eb · Gb · A	1×
ii°	Edim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · Bb	—
III	F	Relative major — the bright side	F · A · C	17×
iv	Gm	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · Bb · D	6×
IV	G	Major IV — Dorian / melodic-minor colourmodal colour	G · B · D	3×
IV7	G7	Major IV — Dorian / melodic-minor colourmodal colour	G · B · D · F	2×
v	Am	Minor dominant — soft pull	A · C · E	8×
V	A	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	A · C# · E	1×
VI	Bb	Submediant — warm colour	Bb · D · F	8×
vi	Bbm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Bb · Db · F	1×
VII	C	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	C · E · G	9×
VII7	C7	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	C · E · G · Bb	2×

Analysis

The key pair is F major and its relative D minor (1 flat). 13 different chords appear 73 times in total; 7 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. The major V of Dm brings the harmonic-minor leading tone, giving the minor side a sharper, more dramatic pull; seen from F, the same A is V/vi, a secondary dominant heading for Dm. G, G7, D act as secondary dominants, briefly pointing at another chord of the key. Bbm is borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

Chord movement

Bb F FIV → Iplagal cadence DmVI → III ×8
C F FV → Iauthentic cadence DmVII → III ×5
Gm C Fii → Vii → V Dmiv → VII ×5
C7 F FV7 → Iauthentic cadence DmVII7 → III ×2
Am Dm Fiii → vi Dmv → inatural-minor cadence ×2
G7 C FV7/V → Vsecondary resolution DmIV7 → VII ×2

The move to watch is Bb → F, heard 8 times. From the F side it reads IV → I (plagal cadence: the soft 'amen' ending); from the Dm side it is VI → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

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 F, land on F, A, C — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Dm, land on D, F, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over C, land on C, E, G — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
When A comes, swap the scale's C for C#: that single note is the harmonic-minor sound of the chord.
On Bbm, follow the chord's notes (Bb · Db · F) rather than the key's scale — it's a borrowed colour.

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 F lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The backbone is F, Dm, C, Bb — I–vi–V–IV from the F side, III–i–VII–VI from the Dm side. D is the interesting twist: in F it is a chromatic chord (V/ii), while in Dm it becomes the dominant (V/iv) that makes the minor side sound so determined. Keep an ear on Bb → F (IV → I in F, VI → III in Dm): plagal cadence — the soft 'amen' ending. The final chord is F; the ear comes to rest in F.

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.

Queen - Love Of My Life Chords on Guitar, Ukulele and Piano

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