Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love - Chord

Key Db major – Bb minor Chords F/C, C, Am, Dm, G, G/B Easy key Ab (capo 5)

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Am              F/C          C
   Give me love     like her
Am
   'Cause lately I've been
 F/C            C
Waking up alone
Am
   Pain splattered
 F/C              C
Teardrops on my shirt
Am               F/C        C
   Told you I'd let them go

          Dm
And I'll fight my corner
       F/C
Maybe tonight I'll call ya
           C                   G/B
After my blood turns into alcohol
   Dm                 F/C
No I just wanna hold ya

C                Dm      F/C
  Give a little time to me
                C
We'll burn this out
            Dm       F/C
We'll play hide and seek
               C
To turn this around
       Dm          F/C
All I want is the taste

That your lips allow
Am        G     F/C
   My my,   my my, oh give me love

My my, my my, oh give me love
My my, my my, give me love

Am               F/C          C
   Give me love like never before
Am
   'Cause lately I've been
  F/C        C
Craving more
Am                        F/C
   And it's been a while but
                  C
I still feel the same
Am                 F/C       C
   Maybe I should let you go

               Dm
You know I'll fight my corner

            F/C
And that tonight I'll call ya
           C                        G/B
After my blood, is drowning in alcohol
   Dm                 F/C
No I just wanna hold ya

C                Dm      F/C
  Give a little time to me
                C
We'll burn this out
            Dm       F/C
We'll play hide and seek
               C
To turn this around
       Dm          F/C
All I want is the taste

That your lips allow
Am        G     F/C
   My my,   my my, oh give me love

C                Dm      F/C
  Give a little time to me
                C
We'll burn this out
            Dm       F/C
We'll play hide and seek
               C
To turn this around
       Dm          F/C
All I want is the taste

That your lips allow
Am        G     F/C
   My my,   my my, oh give me love

My my, my my oh give me love

My my, my my give me love

My my, my my, my my, oh give me love

Am            F/C
   My my, my my, oh give me love
C
  My my, my my, oh give me love
Am            F/C
   My my, my my, oh give me love
C
  My my, my my, oh give me love

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Harmony analysis

Ed Sheeran – Give Me Love: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Am and ends on C. 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)
#7 = A (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 Bb minor side because the major V chord points straight at Bbm. 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	—
bii	Dm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D · F · A	13×
ii	Ebm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	Eb · Gb · Bb	—
iii	Fm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	F · Ab · C	—
III	F/C	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	F · A · C	26×
IV	Gb	Subdominant — moves away from home	Gb · Bb · Db	—
#IV	G	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · B · D	3×
#IV	G/B	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · B · D	2×
V	Ab	Dominant — strongest pull home	Ab · C · Eb	—
bvi	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	13×
vi	Bbm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	Bb · Db · F	—
vii°	Cdim	Leading-tone chord — tension	C · Eb · Gb	—
V/iii	C	Secondary dominant V/iii — leads to Fmsecondary dominant	C · E · G	21×

Seen from Bb minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Bbm	Tonic — home	Bb · Db · F	—
ii°	Cdim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C · Eb · Gb	—
V/v	C	Secondary dominant V/v — leads to Fmsecondary dominant	C · E · G	21×
III	Db	Relative major — the bright side	Db · F · Ab	—
#iii	Dm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D · F · A	13×
iv	Ebm	Subdominant — moves away from home	Eb · Gb · Bb	—
v	Fm	Minor dominant — soft pull	F · Ab · C	—
V	F/C	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	F · A · C	26×
VI	Gb	Submediant — warm colour	Gb · Bb · Db	—
#VI	G	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · B · D	3×
#VI	G/B	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · B · D	2×
VII	Ab	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Ab · C · Eb	—
#vii	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	13×

Analysis

The key pair is Db major and its relative Bb minor (5 flats). 6 different chords appear 78 times in total; 0 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. The major V of Bbm brings the harmonic-minor leading tone, giving the minor side a sharper, more dramatic pull. C acts as a secondary dominant, briefly pointing at another chord of the key.

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 F/C, land on F, A, C — 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.
Over Am, land on A, C, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
When F/C comes, swap the scale's Ab for A: that single note is the harmonic-minor sound of the chord.

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

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 F/C, C, Am, Dm; read them as III–V/iii–bvi–bii in Db or V–V/v–#vii–#iii in Bbm. F/C is the interesting twist: in Db it is a chromatic chord (III), while in Bbm it becomes the dominant (V) that makes the minor side sound so determined. Ending on C, the song seals Db 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.