Major view
D major
Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)
Characteristic notes
- 7 = C# (leading tone, pulls home)
- 4 = G (the note that leans on the 3rd)
Shawn Mendes - Sweater Weather - Chord
Key D major – B minor Chords Dm, C, F, Am, G Easy key A (capo 5)
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Key: D | Bm
Capo: 0
F Dm
All I am is a man
Am C
I want the world in my hands
F
I hate the beach
Dm Am
But I stand in California
C
with my toes in the sand
F
Use the sleeves on my sweater
Dm
Let's have an adventure
Am C
Head in the clouds but my gravity's centered
F Dm
Touch my neck and I'll touch yours
Am C
You in those little high waisted shorts, oh
F
She knows what I think about
Dm
And what I think about
Am
One love, two mouths
C
One love, one house
F
No shirt, no blouse
Dm
Just us, you find out
Am C
Nothing I really wanna tell you about, no
F Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
Am
For you here
C
And now
F Dm
So let me hold who oa
Am C
Both your hands in
F
And if I may just take your breath away
Dm
I don't mind if there's not much to say
Am
Sometimes the silence guides your mind
C
So move to a place so far away
F
The goosebumps start to race
Dm
The minute that my left hand meets your waist
Am
And then I watched your face
C
Put my finger on your tongue
'Cause you love to taste yeah
F
These hearts adore
Dm
Everyone the other beat hard is for
Am
Inside this place is warm
C
Outside it starts to pour
F
Coming down
Dm
One love, two mouths
Am
One love, one house
C
No shirt, no blouse
F
Just us, you find out
Dm
Nothing I really wanna tell you about
Am C
No no no
F Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
Am
For you here
C
And now
F Dm
So let me hold who oa
Am C
Both your hands in
F Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
Am
For you here
C
And now
F Dm
So let me hold who oa
Am C G
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater, whoa oh
Dm C G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Dm C G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Dm C G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
Dm C G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
F Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
Am
For you here
C
And now
F Dm
So let me hold who oa
Am C
Both your hands in
F Dm
'Cause it's too cold who oa
Am
For you here
C
And now
F Dm
Let me hold who oa
Am C
Both your hands in the holes of my sweater
F Dm Am
It's too cold, it's too coold
C
The holes of my sweater
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Harmony analysis
Shawn Mendes – Sweater Weather: key and chord analysis
The song opens on F and ends on C. Its chords belong to both D major and Bm, so every chord below is read both ways.
Minor view
B minor
Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)
Characteristic notes
- b6 = G (the minor's melancholy)
- b7 = A (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 D major and B 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 D or to Bm; 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.
| Degree | Chord | Role | Notes | In song |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | D | Tonic — home | D · F# · A | — |
| i | Dm | Chromatic colour chordoutside the key | D · F · A | 26× |
| ii | Em | Supertonic — prepares the dominant | E · G · B | — |
| bIII | F | Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord | F · A · C | 22× |
| iii | F#m | Mediant — a tonic-family shade | F# · A · C# | — |
| III | F# | Chromatic colour chordoutside the key | F# · A# · C# | — |
| IV | G | Subdominant — moves away from home | G · B · D | 5× |
| V | A | Dominant — strongest pull home | A · C# · E | — |
| v | Am | Chromatic colour chordoutside the key | A · C · E | 22× |
| vi | Bm | Relative minor — the melancholy side | B · D · F# | — |
| bVII | C | bVII — borrowed (Mixolydian / parallel minor)borrowed chord | C · E · G | 26× |
| vii° | C#dim | Leading-tone chord — tension | C# · E · G | — |
| Degree | Chord | Role | Notes | In song |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Bm | Tonic — home | B · D · F# | — |
| bII | C | Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord | C · E · G | 26× |
| ii° | C#dim | Supertonic — prepares the dominant | C# · E · G | — |
| III | D | Relative major — the bright side | D · F# · A | — |
| iii | Dm | Chromatic colour chordoutside the key | D · F · A | 26× |
| iv | Em | Subdominant — moves away from home | E · G · B | — |
| #IV | F | Chromatic colour chordoutside the key | F · A · C | 22× |
| v | F#m | Minor dominant — soft pull | F# · A · C# | — |
| V | F# | Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor | F# · A# · C# | — |
| VI | G | Submediant — warm colour | G · B · D | 5× |
| VII | A | Subtonic — steps back to the tonic | A · C# · E | — |
| vii | Am | Chromatic colour chordoutside the key | A · C · E | 22× |
Analysis
The key pair is D major and its relative B minor (2 sharps). 5 different chords appear 101 times in total; 1 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. C, F 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
- D major pentatonic and B minor pentatonic are the same five notes (D – E – F# – A – B): start from D for a brighter phrase, from B for a bluesier one.
- Over Dm, land on D, F, A — 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 F, land on F, A, C — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
- On C, follow the chord's notes (C · E · G) 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 D major shapes
- No capo — open D shapes
- Capo 2 + C shapes
- Capo 5 + A shapes
With B minor shapes
- Capo 2 + Am shapes
- Capo 7 + Em 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. The chords that keep coming back are Dm, C, F, Am; read them as i–bVII–bIII–v in D or iii–bII–#IV–vii in Bm. C briefly darkens the picture: bvii — borrowed (mixolydian / parallel minor). It closes on C, letting the D side have the last word.
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.
Shawn Mendes - Sweater Weather Chords on Guitar, Ukulele and Piano
Hover over or tap a chord in the lyrics for its shapes, its degree in both keys and a listen button. Here you have every chord of the song side by side.
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