Beyonce - Halo - Chord

Key A major – F# minor Chords A, Bm, Gbm, D Easy key G (capo 2)

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A  Bm  Gbm  D

A                         Bm
  Remember those walls I built
                             Gbm
Well Baby they are tumbling down
                               D
And they didn't even put up a fight
                         A   
They didn't even make a sound
                         Bm
I found a way to let you in
                          Gbm 
But I never really had a doubt
                               D
Standing in the light of your halo
                A 
I got my angel now
                        Bm
It's like I've been awaken
                      Gbm
Every rule I had to break
                          D
It's the risk that I'm taking
                             A
I ain't never gonna shut you out

                        Bm
Everywhere I'm looking now
                           Gbm
I'm surrounded by your embrace
                     D
Baby I can see your halo
                            A
You know you're my saving grace
                              Bm
You're everything I need and more
                            Gbm
It's written all over your face
                      D
Baby I can feel your halo
                     A
Pray it won't fade away
  
I can feel your halo
                Bm
I can see your halo
                 Gbm
I can feel your halo
                D  
I can see your halo

A                       Bm
  Hit me like a ray of sun
                             Gbm
Burning through my darkness night
                            D
You're the only one that I want
                        A
I got addicted to your lie
                         Bm
I swore I'd never fall again
                               Gbm
But this don't even feel like falling
                  D
Gravity can't forget
                         A
To pull me back to the ground again
                        Bm
It's like I've been awaken
                      Gbm
Every rule I had to break
                          D
It's the risk that I'm taking
                         A 
I'm never gonna shut you out

                        Bm
Everywhere I'm looking now
                           Gbm
I'm surrounded by your embrace
                     D
Baby I can see your halo
                            A
You know you're my saving grace
                              Bm
You're everything I need and more
                            Gbm
It's written all over your face
                      D
Baby I can feel your halo
                     A
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo
                Bm
I can see your halo
                 Gbm
I can feel your halo
                D
I can see your halo

A

Bm      Gbm  D
   Halo
   A  Bm  Gbm  D
Halo

A                         Bm
  Everywhere I'm looking now
                           Gbm
I'm surrounded by your embrace
                     D
Baby I can see your halo
                            A
You know you're my saving grace
                              Bm
You're everything I need and more
                            Gbm
It's written all over your face
                      D
Baby I can feel your halo
                  A
Pray won't fade away

I can feel your halo
                Bm
I can see your halo
                 Gbm
I can feel your halo
                D   A
I can see your halo

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Beyonce - Halo Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Beyonce – Halo: key and chord analysis

The song opens on A and ends on A. 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 both starts and finishes on A and A is heard 19 times against 18 for F#m. 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	19×
ii	Bm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	B · D · F#	18×
iii	C#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	C# · E · G#	—
V/vi	C#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Gbmsecondary dominant	C# · E# · G#	—
IV	D	Subdominant — moves away from home	D · F# · A	18×
V	E	Dominant — strongest pull home	E · G# · B	—
vi	Gbm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	Gb · A · Db	18×
vii°	G#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	G# · B · D	—

Seen from F# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Gbm	Tonic — home	Gb · A · Db	18×
ii°	G#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G# · B · D	—
III	A	Relative major — the bright side	A · C# · E	19×
iv	Bm	Subdominant — moves away from home	B · D · F#	18×
v	C#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	C# · E · G#	—
V	C#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	C# · E# · G#	—
VI	D	Submediant — warm colour	D · F# · A	18×
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 73 times in total; 4 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

Bm Gbm Aii → vi F#miv → iminor plagal ×18
D A AIV → Iplagal cadence F#mVI → III ×18

The move to watch is Bm → Gbm, heard 18 times. From the A side it reads ii → vi; from the F#m side it is iv → i (minor plagal: deep and melancholic). 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 A, land on A, C#, E — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Bm, land on B, D, F# — 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

2 semitones down · capo 2 keeps the original pitch
3 semitones up

The song's harmonic story

The opening A lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The chords that keep coming back are A, Bm, Gbm, D; read them as I–ii–vi–IV in A or III–iv–i–VI in F#m. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on Bm → Gbm (ii → vi in A, iv → i in F#m): minor plagal — deep and melancholic. It closes on A, letting the A 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.