Ed Sheeran - Best Part Of Me (YEBBA) - Chord

Key D major – B minor Chords A, D, G, Bm Easy key G (capo 7)

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D  A  Bm  G

 D               A               Bm   G
My lungs are black, my heart is pure
 D              A                   Bm   G
My hands are scarred from nights before
 D                        A       Bm                     G
And my hair is thinnin', falling out of all the wrong places
  D             A   Bm   G
I am a little insecure

 D                         A            Bm   G
My eyes are crossed, but they're still blue
  D                   A        Bm   G
I bite my nails and tell the truth
  D                 A    Bm                    G
I go from thin to overweight, day to day it fluctuates
      D                  A   Bm   G
My skin is inked, but faded, too

  G            D             A
But she loves me, she loves me
        Bm               A    G
Why the hell would she love me
                     D      A
When she could have anyone else
  G           D            A
Oh, you love me, you love me
        Bm                A   G
Why the hell would you love me
                 D           A
'Cause I don't even love myself

 D   A      G          Bm  A    D  A  G
Baby, the best part of me is you
       D   A   G         Bm    A   D      A
And lately, everything's making sense, too
            G         A
Oh, baby, I'm so in love with you

D  A  Bm  G

  D                A     Bm    G
I overthink and still forgive
 D                     A  Bm      G
I lose my phone and place my bits
      D                   A      Bm               G        D
And I never catch the train on time, always 30 minutes behind
                      A    Bm       G
Your worries ain't seen nothin' yet

  G           D             A
But you love me, you love me
        Bm
Why the hell you love me so
   G                   D       A
When you could have anyone else
   G            D            A
Yeah, he loves me, he loves me
             Bm              G
And I bet he never lets me go
               D           A
And shows me how to love myself

         D  A       G         Bm  A    D  A  G
'Cause baby, the best part of me is you
       D   A   G         Bm    A    D    A
And lately, everything's making sense, too
        G        Bm      A
Baby, I'm so in love with you

D  A  Bm  G  D  A  G  G

 D   A      G          Bm  A    D  A  G
Baby, the best part of me is you
       D   A   G         Bm    A   D      A
And lately, everything's making sense, too
         G       Bm     A   D    A
Baby, I'm so in love with you (Oh)
         G       Bm     A   D           A
Baby, I'm so in love with you (Yeah, yeah)
         G       Bm     A    D
Baby, I'm so in love with you

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Harmony analysis

Ed Sheeran – Best Part Of Me (YEBBA): key and chord analysis

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

Major view

D major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

B minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = G (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = A (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the D major side because it both starts and finishes on D and D is heard 39 times against 29 for Bm. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from B minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to D or to Bm; 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 D major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	D	Tonic — home	D · F# · A	39×
ii	Em	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	E · G · B	—
iii	F#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	F# · A · C#	—
V/vi	F#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Bmsecondary dominant	F# · A# · C#	—
IV	G	Subdominant — moves away from home	G · B · D	39×
V	A	Dominant — strongest pull home	A · C# · E	51×
vi	Bm	Relative minor — the melancholy side	B · D · F#	29×
vii°	C#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	C# · E · G	—

Seen from B minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i	Bm	Tonic — home	B · D · F#	29×
ii°	C#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G	—
III	D	Relative major — the bright side	D · F# · A	39×
iv	Em	Subdominant — moves away from home	E · G · B	—
v	F#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	F# · A · C#	—
V	F#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	F# · A# · C#	—
VI	G	Submediant — warm colour	G · B · D	39×
VII	A	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	A · C# · E	51×

Analysis

The key pair is D major and its relative B minor (2 sharps). 4 different chords appear 158 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

G D DIV → Iplagal cadence BmVI → III ×25
A Bm DV → videceptive cadence BmVII → iAeolian arrival ×19
A D DV → Iauthentic cadence BmVII → III ×13
G Bm DIV → vi BmVI → iVI → i ×10
G A DIV → VIV → V BmVI → VIIVI → VII ×1

The move to watch is G → D, heard 25 times. From the D side it reads IV → I (plagal cadence: the soft 'amen' ending); from the Bm side it is VI → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

D major pentatonic and B minor pentatonic are the same five notes (D – E – F# – A – B): start from D for a brighter phrase, from B for a bluesier one.
Over A, land on A, C#, E — 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 G, land on G, B, D — 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 D major shapes

No capo — open D shapes
Capo 2 + C shapes
Capo 5 + A shapes

With B minor shapes

Capo 2 + Am shapes
Capo 7 + Em shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

5 semitones up · capo 7 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

Starting on D, the song gives away its key from the very first bar. A, D, G, Bm carry the song: V–I–IV–vi relative to D, VII–III–VI–i relative to Bm. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on G → D (IV → I in D, VI → III in Bm): plagal cadence — the soft 'amen' ending. It closes on D, letting the D 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.