Shawn Mendes - Perfectly Wrong - Chord

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

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F  G  Am

 F         G                Am
Taste the poison from your lips
  F          G                Am
They leave, we're as good as gone
F        G           Am
Oh, our love is drunken in
 F       G         Am
Singing me my favorite song

 Em     F
Me and you
         Em       F
We were made to break
    Em          F
I know that's true
          Em       F
But it's much too late

F        G                   Am
 You're perfectly wrong for me
             C                  F
And that's why it's so hard to leave
              G                   Am
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
F        G                   Am
 You're perfectly wrong for me
          C                     F
All the stars in the sky could see
            G                   Am
Why you're perfectly wrong for me

F         G           Am
Oh, you know how much it hurts
F      G                Am
Every time you say you hate me
                F      G                 Am
But when we're making love, you make it worth it
         F            G              Am
I can't believe the places that you take me

  Em       F
There's no use
         Em       F
We were made to break
   Em        F
I know the truth
          Em       F
And it's much too late

F        G                   Am
 You're perfectly wrong for me
             C                  F
And that's why it's so hard to leave
              G                   Am
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
F        G                   Am
 You're perfectly wrong for me
          C                     F
All the stars in the sky could see
            G                   Am
Why you're perfectly wrong for me

   F         G        Am
Oh, and why can't I quit
           C              F
When you break my heart open
            G            Am
I need you more than I know
C
Oh
F      G       Am
And I can't resist
            C               F
When you're up against my skin
         G               Am
I never want to let you go

F        G                   Am
 You're perfectly wrong for me
             C                   F
And that's why it's so hard for me
              G                   Am  C
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
F              G                   Am
 Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
           C                     F
Hate that you know that I won't leave
              G                   Am  C
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me,   oh
F              G                   Am
 Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
             C                   F
And that's why it's so hard for me
              G                   Am
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me, yeah
F            G                   Am
 Oh, you're perfectly wrong for me
                C                F
Hate that you know that I won't leave
              G                   Am   C
Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me
F              G                   Am
 Yeah, you're perfectly wrong for me

F  G

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Harmony analysis

Shawn Mendes – Perfectly Wrong: key and chord analysis

The song opens on F and ends on G. 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)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the F major side because it opens on F and F is heard 39 times while Dm never appears. 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	39×
ii	Gm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · D	—
V/V	G	Secondary dominant V/V — leads to Csecondary dominant	G · B · D	31×
iii	Am	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	A · C · E	30×
III	A	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C# · E	—
IV	Bb	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · D · F	—
V	C	Dominant — strongest pull home	C · E · G	14×
vi	Dm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	D · F · A	—
vii°	Edim	Leading-tone chord — tension	E · G · Bb	—
vii	Em	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G · B	8×

Seen from D minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Dm	Tonic — home	D · F · A	—
ii°	Edim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · Bb	—
ii	Em	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G · B	8×
III	F	Relative major — the bright side	F · A · C	39×
iv	Gm	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · Bb · D	—
IV	G	Major IV — Dorian / melodic-minor colourmodal colour	G · B · D	31×
v	Am	Minor dominant — soft pull	A · C · E	30×
V	A	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	A · C# · E	—
VI	Bb	Submediant — warm colour	Bb · D · F	—
VII	C	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	C · E · G	14×

Analysis

The key pair is F major and its relative D minor (1 flat). 5 different chords appear 122 times in total; 3 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. G acts as a secondary dominant, briefly pointing at another chord of the key.

Chord movement

C F FV → Iauthentic cadence DmVII → III ×14

The move to watch is C → F, heard 14 times. From the F side it reads V → I (authentic cadence: the strongest arrival home); from the Dm side it is VII → 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 G, land on G, B, D — 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.

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

The song's harmonic story

The opening F lays a solid floor for everything that follows. F, G, Am, C carry the song: I–V/V–iii–V relative to F, III–IV–v–VII relative to Dm. G adds a moment of surprise: secondary dominant V/V — leads to C. Keep an ear on C → F (V → I in F, VII → III in Dm): authentic cadence — the strongest arrival home. Ending on G, the song seals F 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.