Adele - Crazy For You - Chord

Key G major – E minor Chords G, Em, Am/C, Bm/D, Gm/Bb, G7, A7 Easy key C (capo 7)

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G  Em  G  Em
Am/C  Bm/D  Bm/D  Am/C

G              Em          G             Em
Found myself today singin' out loud your name
        Am/C             Bm/D     Am/C  Bm/D      G  Em  G  Em
You said i'm crazy, if i am i'm crazy        for you

G                 Em           G               Em             Am/C
Sometimes sittin' in the dark wishin' you were here turns me crazy
         Bm/D             Am/C   Bm/D       G  Em  G  Em
But it's you who makes me loose        my head

    G              Em           G          Em
And everytime i'm meant to be acting sensible
    Am/C                           Bm/D   Am/C  Bm/D   G  Em  G  Em
You drift into my head and turn me into a crumblin' fool

Gm/Bb                                 Am/C
Tell me to run and i'll race, if you want me to stop i'll freeze
            G7                                      A7
And if you want me gone, I'll leave, just hold me closer baby

And make me

Am/C   Bm/D       G  Em  G  Em
Craaaaaaazy for you
Am/C   Bm/D       G  Em  G  Em
Craaaaaaazy for you

G  Em  G  Em

G                  Em            G            Em
Lately with this state i'm in i can't help myself but spin
  Am/C                  Bm/D            Am/C  Bm/D   G  Em  G  Em
I wish you'd come over, send me spinnin' closer to you

G             Em                G              Em
My oh my how my blood boils, a sweet taste for you
Am/C                            Bm/D    Am/C  Bm/D   G  Em  G  Em
Strips me down bare and gets me into my favorite  mood

           G       Em              G        Em
I keep on tryin', fightin' these feelings away
        Am/C                 Bm/D    Am/C  Bm/D  G  Em  G  Em
But the more i do, the crazier i turn into

Gm/Bb             Am/C           G7
Pacin' floors and openin' doors hopin' you'll walk through
     A7
And save me boy

Because i'm tooooooo

Am/C   Bm/D       G  Em  G  Em
Craaaaaaazy for you
Am/C   Bm/D
Craaaaaaazy for you

G  Em  G  Em
Am/C  Bm/D  Am/C  G

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Adele - Crazy For You Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Adele – Crazy For You: key and chord analysis

The song opens on G and ends on G. 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 G major side because it both starts and finishes on G and G is heard 39 times against 36 for Em. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from E minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

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	37×
i	Gm/Bb	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · Bb · D	2×
I7	G7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · B · D · F	2×
ii	Am/C	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A · C · E	22×
II7	A7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E · G	2×
iii	Bm/D	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	B · D · F#	19×
V/vi	B	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Emsecondary dominant	B · D# · F#	—
IV	C	Subdominant — moves away from home	C · E · G	—
V	D	Dominant — strongest pull home	D · F# · A	—
vi	Em	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B	36×
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	36×
ii°	F#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F# · A · C	—
III	G	Relative major — the bright side	G · B · D	37×
iii	Gm/Bb	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · Bb · D	2×
III7	G7	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	G · B · D · F	2×
iv	Am/C	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C · E	22×
IV7	A7	Major IV — Dorian / melodic-minor colourmodal colour	A · C# · E · G	2×
v	Bm/D	Minor dominant — soft pull	B · D · F#	19×
V	B	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	B · D# · F#	—
VI	C	Submediant — warm colour	C · E · G	—
VII	D	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	D · F# · A	—

Analysis

The key pair is G major and its relative E minor (1 sharp). 7 different chords appear 120 times in total; 4 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Gm/Bb, G7, A7 step outside the scale as colour chords.

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

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 G, land on G, B, D — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Em, land on E, G, B — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Am/C, land on A, C, E — 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 first chord is G; the ear learns where home is within a second. The chords that keep coming back are G, Em, Am/C, Bm/D; read them as I–vi–ii–iii in G or III–i–iv–v in Em. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. The final chord is G; the ear comes to rest in G.

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.