Whitney Houston - Endless Love - Chord

Key G major – E minor Chords D, G, Cmaj7, C, Bm7, Em, Am, Am7 … Difficulty already in its easiest key

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G                     C
My love, there's only you in my life
Am        G
 The only thing that's right
                      Am           C
My first love, you're every breath, that I take
D              G
 You're every, step I make

D    Cmaj7        D7        G
 And I,  I want to share
Em/D      D    C         D            G
All my lo ove, with you,  no one else, will do
         Cmaj7                  D
And your eyes, your eyes, those eyes
                 G       D   Em    D   Cmaj7
They tell me how much you ca are.  Oh, yes
         Bm7     Am7  D           G
You will al ways be;   my endless love

G                           C
Two hearts, two hearts that beat as one
D               G
 Our lives have just begun
                                 C
Forever,  I'll hold you close in my arms
D           G
  I can't resist your charms

D     Cmaj7          D      G
 That love,  I'll be a fool
D   Em   D   C           D                G
For you, I'm sure,  you know I don't mind 
       Cmaj7     D             G        D  Em
'Cause you ou ou, you mean the world to me e e

D        Cmaj7        Bm7      Cmaj7         Bm7
For, coz no one can deny, this love I have inside
         Cmaj7          Bm7
And I'll give it all to you
   Am7       D
My love,  my

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Harmony analysis

Whitney Houston – Endless Love: key and chord analysis

The song opens on G and ends on D. 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 opens on G and G is heard 13 times against 4 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	13×
ii	Am	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A · C · E	2×
ii7	Am7	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A · C · E · G	2×
iii7	Bm7	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	B · D · F# · A	4×
V/vi	B	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Emsecondary dominant	B · D# · F#	—
IVmaj7	Cmaj7	Subdominant — moves away from home	C · E · G · B	8×
IV	C	Subdominant — moves away from home	C · E · G	6×
V	D	Dominant — strongest pull home	D · F# · A	19×
V7	D7	Dominant — strongest pull home	D · F# · A · C	1×
vi	Em	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B	3×
vi	Em/D	Relative minor — the melancholy side	E · G · B	1×
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	3×
i	Em/D	Tonic — home	E · G · B	1×
ii°	F#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F# · A · C	—
III	G	Relative major — the bright side	G · B · D	13×
iv	Am	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C · E	2×
iv7	Am7	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C · E · G	2×
v7	Bm7	Minor dominant — soft pull	B · D · F# · A	4×
V	B	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	B · D# · F#	—
VImaj7	Cmaj7	Submediant — warm colour	C · E · G · B	8×
VI	C	Submediant — warm colour	C · E · G	6×
VII	D	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	D · F# · A	19×
VII7	D7	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	D · F# · A · C	1×

Analysis

The key pair is G major and its relative E minor (1 sharp). 10 different chords appear 59 times in total; 10 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Everything stays inside one scale, which is why the song is easy to follow by ear.

Chord movement

D G GV → Iauthentic cadence EmVII → III ×9
C D GIV → VIV → V EmVI → VIIVI → VII ×5
D Em GV → videceptive cadence EmVII → iAeolian arrival ×3
Cmaj7 D GIVmaj7 → VIV → V EmVImaj7 → VIIVI → VII ×3
Am7 D Gii7 → Vii → V Emiv7 → VII ×2
D7 G GV7 → Iauthentic cadence EmVII7 → III ×1

The move to watch is D → G, heard 9 times. From the G side it reads V → I (authentic cadence: the strongest arrival home); from the Em side it is VII → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

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 D, land on D, F#, A — 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 Cmaj7, land on C, E, G — 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

The song is already written in its easiest key for guitar.

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 D, G, Cmaj7, C; read them as V–I–IVmaj7–IV in G or VII–III–VImaj7–VI in Em. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on D → G (V → I in G, VII → III in Em): authentic cadence — the strongest arrival home. The final chord is D; 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.