Adele - I Miss You - Chord

Key A major – F# minor Chords Gm, Cm7, Bb/F, F, Dm, Ebmaj7, Gm7 Easy key B

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Dm  Gm7  Gm  Bb/F  Cm7

       Gm
I want every single piece of you
            Bb/F
I want your heaven and your oceans, too
Cm7
Treat me soft and touch me cool
I want to teach you things you never knew, oh baby
Gm
Bring the floor up to my knees
       Bb/F
Let me fall into your gravity
    Cm7
Then kiss me back to life to see
Your body standing over me

                             Gm
Baby don't let the lights go down 
                             F
Baby don't let the lights go down 
                             Cm7
Baby don't let the lights go down, lights go down
Lights go down, lights go down, lights go down, down, down

  Gm
I miss you when the lights go out
     Bb/F
It illuminates all of my doubts
Cm7
Pull me in, hold me tight
Don't let go, baby give me light
  Gm
I miss you when the lights go out
     Bb/F
It illuminates all of my doubts
Cm7
Pull me in, hold me tight
Don't let go, baby give me light

  Gm
I love the way your body moves
   Bb/F
Towards me from across the room
Cm7
Brushing past my every groove
No one has me like you do
Gm
Bring you heart I`ll bring my soul
         Bb/F
But be delicate with my ego
        Cm7
I wanna step into your great unknown
With you and me setting the tone

                     Gm
Baby don't let the lights go down 
                             F
Baby don't let the lights go down 
                             Cm7
Baby don't let the lights go down, lights go down
Lights go down, lights go down,lights go down, down, down

  Gm
I miss you when the lights go out
     Bb/F
It illuminates all of my doubts
Cm7
Pull me in, hold me tight
Don't let go, baby give me light
  Gm
I miss you when the lights go out
     Bb/F
It illuminates all of my doubts
Cm7
Pull me in, hold me tight
Don't let go, baby give me light

Ebmaj7                 Dm        F
 We place all love into the dark
Ebmaj7                        Dm    F
 Cause we are living worlds apart
Ebmaj7                    Dm F
It only makes it harder ba by
                 Ebmaj7
It only makes it harder baby
             Dm     F
Harder baby, harder baby, harder baby, harder baby

  Gm
I miss you when the lights go out
     Bb/F
It illuminates all of my doubts
Cm7
Pull me in, hold me tight
Don't let go, baby give me light
  Gm
I miss you when the lights go out
     Bb/F
It illuminates all of my doubts
Cm7
Pull me in, hold me tight
Don't let go, baby give me light

Gm          Bb/F
I miss you, I miss you
  Cm7
I miss you, I miss you
Gm          Bb/F
I miss you, I miss you
  Cm7
I miss you, I miss you

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Harmony analysis

Adele – I Miss You: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Dm and ends on Cm7. Its chords belong to both A major and F#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

A major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = G# (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = D (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

F# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = D (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = E (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: we can't honestly pick a side here — the song moves freely between A major and F# minor. Try reading the chords both ways and see which feels more like home to you.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to A or to F#m; 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 A major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	A	Tonic — home	A · C# · E	—
bII	Bb/F	Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord	Bb · D · F	13×
ii	Bm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F#	—
biii7	Cm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C · Eb · G · Bb	15×
iii	C#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	C# · E · G#	—
III	C#	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C# · E# · G#	—
IV	D	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F# · A	—
iv	Dm	Minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	D · F · A	5×
#IVmaj7	Ebmaj7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Eb · G · Bb · D	4×
V	E	Dominant — strongest pull home	E · G# · B	—
bVI	F	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	F · A · C	6×
vi	F#m	Relative minor — the melancholy side	F# · A · C#	—
bvii	Gm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · Bb · D	15×
bvii7	Gm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · Bb · D · F	1×
vii°	G#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	G# · B · D	—

Seen from F# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	F#m	Tonic — home	F# · A · C#	—
bii	Gm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · Bb · D	15×
bii7	Gm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · Bb · D · F	1×
ii°	G#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G# · B · D	—
III	A	Relative major — the bright side	A · C# · E	—
#III	Bb/F	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Bb · D · F	13×
iv	Bm	Subdominant — moves away from home	B · D · F#	—
#iv7	Cm7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C · Eb · G · Bb	15×
v	C#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	C# · E · G#	—
V	C#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C# · E# · G#	—
VI	D	Submediant — warm colour	D · F# · A	—
vi	Dm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D · F · A	5×
#VImaj7	Ebmaj7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Eb · G · Bb · D	4×
VII	E	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	E · G# · B	—
#VII	F	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	F · A · C	6×

Analysis

The key pair is A major and its relative F# minor (3 sharps). 7 different chords appear 59 times in total; 0 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Bb/F, F, Dm are borrowed from the parallel minor, adding a darker shade to the major side.

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

A major pentatonic and F# minor pentatonic are the same five notes (A – B – C# – E – F#): start from A for a brighter phrase, from F# for a bluesier one.
Over Gm, land on G, Bb, D — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Cm7, land on C, Eb, G — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Bb/F, land on Bb, D, F — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
On Bb/F, follow the chord's notes (Bb · D · 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 A major shapes

No capo — open A shapes
Capo 2 + G shapes
Capo 5 + E shapes

With F# minor shapes

Capo 2 + Em shapes
Capo 4 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

2 semitones up
3 semitones down · capo 3 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on Dm, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The backbone is Gm, Cm7, Bb/F, F — bvii–biii7–bII–bVI from the A side, bii–#iv7–#III–#VII from the F#m side. Bb/F briefly darkens the picture: neapolitan bii — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonic. The final chord is Cm7; the ear comes to rest in A.

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.