Beyonce - Crazy in Love - Chord

Key F major – D minor Chords Gm, A, Dm, Bb, A7 Easy key C (capo 5)

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Dm  Bb  Gm  A

Dm                               Bb
I look and stare so deep in your eyes
                                   Gm
I touch on you more and more every time
                                      A
When you leave I'm begging you not to go

Call your name two or three times in a row
Dm                                    Bb
Such a funny thing for me to try to explain
                                           Gm
How I'm feeling and my pride is the one to blame

'Cuz I know I don't understand
A                                A7
Just how your love your doing no one else can

Dm                                      Bb
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's

Got me looking so crazy right now (in love)
Gm                                      A
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
                  A7
Got me looking so crazy right now (your touch)
Dm                                           Bb
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss

Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Gm
Looking so crazy in love's
                       A                   A7
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love

Dm
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Bb
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Gm
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
A                A7
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no

Dm                                Bb
When I talk to my friends so quietly
                                           Gm
Who he think he is? Look at what you did to me

Tennis shoes, don't even need to buy a new dress
A
If you ain't there ain't nobody else to impress
Dm                                      Bb
The way that you know what I thought I knew
                                          Gm
It's the beat my heart skips when I'm with you

But I still don't understand
A                               A7
Just how the love your doing no one else can

Dm                                      Bb
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's

Got me looking so crazy right now (oh crazy)
Gm                                      A
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch (you're in love)
                  A7
Got me looking so crazy right now (love!)
Dm                                           Bb
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss (hey)

Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Gm
Looking so crazy in love's, (hey)
                       A
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love
Gm
Looking so crazy in love's
                       A                   A7
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love

Dm
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Bb
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
Gm
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no
A                A7
Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no

Dm                 Bb
Got me looking, so crazy, my baby
Gm                         A          A7
I'm not myself, lately I'm foolish, I don't do this
Dm                             Bb
I've been playing myself, baby I don't care
                 Gm
'Cuz your love's got the best of me
                A            A7
And baby you're making a fool of me
                      Gm
You got me sprung and I don't care who sees
              A
'Cuz baby you got me, you got me, so crazy baby, hey

Dm                                      Bb
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's (oh love)

Got me looking so crazy right now (lookin' crazy)
Gm                                      A
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch
                  A7
Got me looking so crazy right now
Dm                                           Bb 
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss (baby)

Got me hoping you'll save me right now (baby)
Gm
Looking so crazy in love's, (whoa)
                       A                   A7
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love. (whoa)

Dm                                      Bb
Got me looking so crazy right now, your love's

Got me looking so crazy right now (your love)
Gm                                 A   
Got me looking so crazy right now, your touch

Got me looking so crazy right now (your touch)
Dm                                      Bb
Got me hoping you'll page me right now, your kiss

Got me hoping you'll save me right now
Gm 
Looking so crazy in love's
                       A                   A7
Got me looking, got me looking so crazy in love

Dm  Bb  Gm  A  A7

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Beyonce - Crazy in Love Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Beyonce – Crazy in Love: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Dm and ends on A7. Its chords belong to both F major and Dm, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

F major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

D minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = Bb (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = C (natural-minor colour)
#7 = C# (harmonic-minor leading tone from the V chord)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the D minor side because it opens on Dm, Dm is heard 18 times while F never appears and the major V chord points straight at Dm. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from F major, and switching between the two views is exactly where the practice value lies.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to F or to Dm; 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 F major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	F	Tonic — home	F · A · C	—
ii	Gm	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	G · Bb · D	20×
iii	Am	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	A · C · E	—
V/vi	A	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Dmsecondary dominant	A · C# · E	20×
V7/vi	A7	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Dmsecondary dominant	A · C# · E · G	14×
IV	Bb	Subdominant — moves away from home	Bb · D · F	18×
V	C	Dominant — strongest pull home	C · E · G	—
vi	Dm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	D · F · A	18×
vii°	Edim	Leading-tone chord — tension	E · G · Bb	—

Seen from D minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Dm	Tonic — home	D · F · A	18×
ii°	Edim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · Bb	—
III	F	Relative major — the bright side	F · A · C	—
iv	Gm	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · Bb · D	20×
v	Am	Minor dominant — soft pull	A · C · E	—
V	A	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	A · C# · E	20×
V7	A7	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	A · C# · E · G	14×
VI	Bb	Submediant — warm colour	Bb · D · F	18×
VII	C	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	C · E · G	—

Analysis

The key pair is F major and its relative D minor (1 flat). 5 different chords appear 90 times in total; 3 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. The major V of Dm brings the harmonic-minor leading tone, giving the minor side a sharper, more dramatic pull; seen from F, the same A / A7 is V/vi, a secondary dominant heading for Dm.

Chord movement

Gm A Fii → V/vi Dmiv → Viv → V ×20
A7 Dm FV7/vi → visecondary resolution DmV7 → iharmonic-minor cadence ×12
A Dm FV/vi → vi DmV → iharmonic-minor cadence ×5

The move to watch is Gm → A, heard 20 times. From the Dm side it is iv → V (iv → V: the minor side's tension builder); from the F side it reads ii → V/vi. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

F major pentatonic and D minor pentatonic are the same five notes (F – G – A – C – D): start from F for a brighter phrase, from D for a bluesier one.
Over Gm, land on G, Bb, D — 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 Dm, land on D, F, A — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
When A comes, swap the scale's C for C#: that single note is the harmonic-minor sound of the chord.

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 F major shapes

Capo 1 + E shapes
Capo 3 + D shapes
Capo 5 + C shapes

With D minor shapes

No capo — open Dm shapes
Capo 5 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones down · capo 5 keeps the original pitch
2 semitones up

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is Dm; the ear learns where home is within a second. The backbone is Gm, A, Dm, Bb — ii–V/vi–vi–IV from the F side, iv–V–i–VI from the Dm side. A is the interesting twist: in F it is a chromatic chord (V/vi), while in Dm it becomes the dominant (V) that makes the minor side sound so determined. Keep an ear on Gm → A (ii → V/vi in F, iv → V in Dm): iv → V — the minor side's tension builder. The final chord is A7; the ear comes to rest in F.

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.