Adele - Can I Get It - Chord

Key C major – A minor Chords Am, G, Dm, F Easy key G (capo 5)

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Am  G  Dm

Am        G       Dm
Pave me a path to follow
Am        G        Dm
And I'll tread any dangerous road
Am                  G              Dm
I will beg and I'll steal, I will borrow
Am                 G                      Dm
If I can make, if I can make your heart my home

Am       G      Dm
Throw me to the water
Am              G        Dm
I don't care how deep or shallow
         Am          G           Dm
Because my heart can pound like thunder
         Am             G               Dm
And your love, and your love can set me free

Am      G                     Dm
I have promised I will love you till the end of time
Am                  G                    Dm
Through it all, the good, the bad, the ugly, and divine
Am            G              Dm
I will be the melody, the rhythm, and your rhyme
Am             G             Dm
All I want is for you to be mine

                       F   Am   G
So can I get it right now
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now

Can I get it
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now

Let me, let me just come and get it

F Am G
Can I get it

Am          G           Dm
You tease me with your control
          Am      G           Dm
Because I long to live under your spell
    Am          G         Dm
And without your love I'm hollow
 Am               G                 Dm
I won't make it, I won't make it on my own

Am      G              Dm
I have promised I will love you till the end of time
Am                  G                  Dm
Through it all, the good, the bad, the ugly, and divine
Am            G                Dm
I will be the melody, the rhythm, and your rhyme
Am             G             Dm
All I want is for you to be mine

F   Am   G
So can I get it right now
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now

Can I get it
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now

Let me, let me just come and get it

F Am G
Can I get it

               F   Am   G
When will you run with me

Like I know you want to

F      Am     G
Like you want to, like you want

            F  Am  G
You're the one for me

And I'm counting on you

         F         Am      G
To put the pieces of me back together

F   Am   G
So can I get it right now
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now
        F     Am    G
Can I get it
                    F   Am   G
Can I get it right now

Can I get it right now

Let me, let me just come and get it

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Harmony analysis

Adele – Can I Get It: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Am and ends on G. Its chords belong to both C major and Am, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

C major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

A minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = F (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = G (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the A minor side because it opens on Am and Am is heard 39 times while C never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from C 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 C or to Am; 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 C major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	C	Tonic — home	C · E · G	—
ii	Dm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	D · F · A	21×
iii	Em	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	E · G · B	—
V/vi	E	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Amsecondary dominant	E · G# · B	—
IV	F	Subdominant — moves away from home	F · A · C	18×
V	G	Dominant — strongest pull home	G · B · D	39×
vi	Am	Relative minor — the melancholy side	A · C · E	39×
vii°	Bdim	Leading-tone chord — tension	B · D · F	—

Seen from A minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Am	Tonic — home	A · C · E	39×
ii°	Bdim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F	—
III	C	Relative major — the bright side	C · E · G	—
iv	Dm	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F · A	21×
v	Em	Minor dominant — soft pull	E · G · B	—
V	E	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	E · G# · B	—
VI	F	Submediant — warm colour	F · A · C	18×
VII	G	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	G · B · D	39×

Analysis

The key pair is C major and its relative A minor (no sharps or flats). 4 different chords appear 117 times in total; 4 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

Dm Am Cii → vi Amiv → iminor plagal ×19
F Am CIV → vi AmVI → iVI → i ×18
G Am CV → videceptive cadence AmVII → iAeolian arrival ×1

The move to watch is Dm → Am, heard 19 times. From the Am side it is iv → i (minor plagal: deep and melancholic); from the C side it reads ii → vi. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

C major pentatonic and A minor pentatonic are the same five notes (C – D – E – G – A): start from C for a brighter phrase, from A for a bluesier one.
Over Am, land on A, C, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over G, land on G, B, D — 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.

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 C major shapes

No capo — open C shapes
Capo 3 + A shapes
Capo 5 + G shapes

With A minor shapes

No capo — open Am shapes
Capo 5 + Em shapes
Capo 7 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones down · capo 5 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

The opening Am lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The backbone is Am, G, Dm, F — vi–V–ii–IV from the C side, i–VII–iv–VI from the Am side. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on Dm → Am (ii → vi in C, iv → i in Am): minor plagal — deep and melancholic. The final chord is G; the ear comes to rest in C.

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.