Ariana Grande - Leave Me Lonely - Chord

Key B major – G# minor Chords Em, D, Am, C, B Easy key E (capo 7)

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Em                        D
Dangerous love, you're no good for me, darling
         Am                     C             B
Yeah you turn me away, like I'm begging for a dollar
Em        D
Danger oh, how you hold me
      Am                        C                 B
I get chill inside, and nothing frightens me baby, oh

Em                    D
  Is it love, when so easily said goodbye
Am                       C                  B
  Is it love, when we've given up before we try? 
Em                     D
  Is it love, when you stole my peace of mind
Am                     C            B
  Is it love, when you cry, cry and cry

            Em                                 D
So when you walk out that door, don't you come back no more
             Am                                     C                     B
My heart has had enough of the give and take, and as much as I want you to stay
         Em                            D
You're a dangerous love, And baby you're no good for me darling
                       Am                                      C          B
'Cause if you're gonna love me and leave me hanging here, then I'd rather you 
         Em                       D
Leave me lonely, even though it hurts
Am                  C         B
  Ooh ooh, you're a dangerous love

Em                        D
Dangerous love, you're no good for me darling
         Am                     C             B
Yeah you turn me away, like I'm begging for a dollar
Em        D
Danger oh, how you hold me
      Am                        C                 B
I get chill inside, and nothing frightens me baby, oh

            Em                                 D
So when you walk out that door, don't you come back no more
             Am                                     C                     B
My heart has had enough of the give or take, and as much as I want you to stay
         Em                            D
You're a dangerous love, baby you're no good for me darling
                       Am                                      C          B
'Cause if you're gonna love me and leave me hanging here, then I'd rather you 
         Em                       D
Leave me lonely, even though it hurts
Am                 C          B       Em
  Ooh ooh, you're a dangerous love, baby

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Harmony analysis

Ariana Grande – Leave Me Lonely: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Em and ends on Em. Its chords belong to both B major and G#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

B major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

G# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

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

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the B major side because B is heard 12 times while G#m never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from G# minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to B or to G#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 B major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	B	Tonic — home	B · D# · F#	12×
bII	C	Neapolitan bII — a dark, dramatic colour a half step above the tonicborrowed chord	C · E · G	12×
ii	C#m	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G#	—
bIII	D	Borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	D · F# · A	12×
iii	D#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	D# · F# · A#	—
III	D#	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D# · G · A#	—
IV	E	Subdominant — moves away from home	E · G# · B	—
iv	Em	Minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minorborrowed chord	E · G · B	13×
V	F#	Dominant — strongest pull home	F# · A# · C#	—
vi	G#m	Relative minor — the melancholy side	G# · B · D#	—
bvii	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	12×
vii°	A#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	A# · C# · E	—

Seen from G# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	G#m	Tonic — home	G# · B · D#	—
bii	Am	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	A · C · E	12×
ii°	A#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A# · C# · E	—
III	B	Relative major — the bright side	B · D# · F#	12×
#III	C	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	C · E · G	12×
iv	C#m	Subdominant — moves away from home	C# · E · G#	—
#IV	D	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	D · F# · A	12×
v	D#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	D# · F# · A#	—
V	D#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	D# · G · A#	—
VI	E	Submediant — warm colour	E · G# · B	—
vi	Em	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G · B	13×
VII	F#	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	F# · A# · C#	—

Analysis

The key pair is B major and its relative G# minor (5 sharps). 5 different chords appear 61 times in total; 1 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Em, D, C 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

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

Capo 2 + A shapes
Capo 4 + G shapes
Capo 7 + E shapes

With G# minor shapes

Capo 4 + Em shapes
Capo 6 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones up · capo 7 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on Em, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. Em, D, Am, C carry the song: iv–bIII–bvii–bII relative to B, vi–#IV–bii–#III relative to G#m. Em briefly darkens the picture: minor iv — borrowed from the parallel minor. The final chord is Em; the ear comes to rest in B.

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.