Ariana Grande - Love Me Harder - Chord

Key A major – F# minor Chords Dbm, A, Gbm, Abm Easy key C

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A                    Dbm
Tell me something, I need to know 
     Gbm                 Abm
Then take my breath and never let it go 
A                  Dbm
If you just let me invade your space 
     Gbm                 Abm
I'll take the pleasure, take away the pain 

    A                  Dbm
And if in the moment I bite my lip 
      Gbm                    Abm
Baby, in the moment, you'll know this is 
A                            Dbm
Something bigger than us and beyond bliss 
Gbm                     Abm
Give me a reason to believe it 

             A                    Dbm               Gbm           Abm
Cause if you want to keep me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to love me harder 
           A                   Dbm                      Gbm
And if you really need me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to love me harder  
      Abm
Gotta love me harder 
A
Ooohhh 
Dbm
Love me, love me, love me 
Gbm
Ooohhh 
Abm
Harder, harder, harder 

  A                     Dbm
I know your motives and you know mine 
    Gbm                  Abm
The ones that love me, I tend to leave behind 
       A                 Dbm
If you know about me and choose to stay 
     Gbm                     Abm
Then take this pleasure and take away the pain 

A                              Dbm
And if in the moment you bite your lip 
Gbm                          Abm
When I get you moaning you know it's real 
A                            Dbm
Can you feel the pressure between your hips? 
Gbm                         Abm
I'll make it feel like the first time 

             A                    Dbm                Gbm           Abm
Cause if you want to keep me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to love me harder 
           A                   Dbm                      Gbm
And if you really need me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to love me harder  
      Abm
Gotta love me harder 
A
Ooohhh 
Dbm
Love me, love me, love me 
Gbm
Ooohhh 
Abm
Harder, harder, harder 
A
Ooohhh 
Dbm
Love me, love me, love me 
Gbm
Ooohhh 
Abm
Harder, harder, harder 

A             Dbm            Gbm
 So what do i do if I can't figure it out? 
           Abm
You got to try, try, try again 
A             Dbm            Gbm
 So what do i do if I can't figure it out? 
           Abm           Dbm
I'm gonna leave, leave, leave 

             A                    Dbm                Gbm            Abm
Cause if you want to keep me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to love me harder 
           A                   Dbm                      Gbm            Abm
And if you really need me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to love me harder  
             A                    Dbm                Gbm           Abm
Cause if you want to keep me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to me harder 
           A                   Dbm                      Gbm
And if you really need me, you gotta gotta gotta gotta got to love me harder  
      Abm
Gotta love me harder 
A
Ooohhh 
Dbm
Love me, love me, love me 
Gbm
Ooohhh 
Abm
Harder, harder, harder 
A
Ooohhh 
Dbm
Love me, love me, love me 
Gbm
Ooohhh 
Abm
Harder, harder, harder

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Harmony analysis

Ariana Grande – Love Me Harder: key and chord analysis

The song opens on A and ends on Abm. 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: to us the song feels closer to the A major side because it opens on A. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from F# minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

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	23×
ii	Bm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F#	—
iii	Dbm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	Db · Fb · Ab	24×
V/vi	C#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Gbmsecondary dominant	C# · E# · G#	—
IV	D	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F# · A	—
V	E	Dominant — strongest pull home	E · G# · B	—
vi	Gbm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	Gb · A · Db	23×
vii°	G#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	G# · B · D	—
vii	Abm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · Cb · Eb	23×

Seen from F# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Gbm	Tonic — home	Gb · A · Db	23×
ii°	G#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G# · B · D	—
ii	Abm	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	Ab · Cb · Eb	23×
III	A	Relative major — the bright side	A · C# · E	23×
iv	Bm	Subdominant — moves away from home	B · D · F#	—
v	Dbm	Minor dominant — soft pull	Db · Fb · Ab	24×
V	C#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C# · E# · G#	—
VI	D	Submediant — warm colour	D · F# · A	—
VII	E	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	E · G# · B	—

Analysis

The key pair is A major and its relative F# minor (3 sharps). 4 different chords appear 93 times in total; 3 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Abm step outside the scale as colour chords.

Chord movement

Dbm Gbm Aiii → vi F#mv → inatural-minor cadence ×23

The move to watch is Dbm → Gbm, heard 23 times. From the A side it reads iii → vi; from the F#m side it is v → i (natural-minor cadence: gentle, modal arrival). Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

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 Dbm, land on Db, Fb, Ab — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over A, land on A, C#, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Gbm, land on Gb, A, Db — 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 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

3 semitones up
4 semitones down · capo 4 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on A, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. The backbone is Dbm, A, Gbm, Abm — iii–I–vi–vii from the A side, v–III–i–ii from the F#m side. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on Dbm → Gbm (iii → vi in A, v → i in F#m): natural-minor cadence — gentle, modal arrival. Ending on Abm, the song seals A 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.