chord bee gees how deep is your love

June 28, 2026

The main chords for “How Deep Is Your Love” by Bee Gees are built around the key of E♭ major and use a lot of jazzy 7th chords and smooth stepwise movement. Below is a simple, guitar‑friendly roadmap you can use as a quick reference.

Key, feel, and basic idea

Key: E♭ major (often played with a capo to avoid many flats).

Character: Soft ballad with rich seventh chords and gentle groove.
Common live alternative: Some arrangements shift it to E major with chords like E, F♯m7, G♯m7, A.

If you find E♭ shapes hard, you can capo on the 1st fret and play in D, or 3rd fret and play in C for easier open chords.

Core progression (simplified)

This is a stripped-down version of the studio-style chords from typical chord sheets.

Intro

E♭ – E♭maj7 – A♭maj7 – A♭/B♭ (often repeated).

Think of it as: I – Imaj7 – IVmaj7 – IV/V (in E♭).

Verse (simplified)

Approximate pattern for “I know your eyes in the morning sun…”:

E♭ – Gm7 – Fm7 – C7
Fm7 – G7 – B♭7
E♭ – Gm7 – Cm7
Fm7 – B♭sus (or B♭9sus)

This gives the song that smooth, “jazzy pop” feeling, moving mostly by step and circle-of-fifths.

Pre‑chorus (“And you come to me on a summer breeze…”)

A♭maj7 – Gm7 – Fm7 – C♭7(9) (often written as C♯7/9 enharmonically)

Gm7 – A♭/B♭

This builds tension and leads straight into the chorus.

Chorus (“How deep is your love…”)

Typical chorus movement in E♭:

E♭ – E♭maj7 – A♭maj7 – A♭m
E♭ – B♭m – C7 – Fm7 – A♭m
E♭ – Gm7 – A♭/B♭

You can simplify it as:

E♭ | E♭maj7 | A♭maj7 | A♭m
E♭ | B♭m | C7 | Fm7 | A♭m | E♭

The key color is that move from A♭maj7 to A♭m, a classic Bee Gees sound.

Easy “capo version” idea

If flats are uncomfortable, one popular workaround (capo 1, play in D) is:

Treat E♭ as D shape
Gm7 ≈ F♯m7 shape
Fm7 ≈ Em7 shape
A♭maj7 ≈ Gmaj7 shape
B♭ ≈ A shape

That way, your verse might feel roughly like:

D – F♯m7 – Em7 – B7
Em7 – F♯7 – A7, etc.

(Exact transposition will depend on which chart you follow, but this keeps the same harmonic flavor in friendlier shapes.)

Quick HTML chord table

Here’s a compact HTML table you can paste into a page, following the usual E♭‑major version.

html

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Section</th>
      <th>Progression (E♭ major)</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Intro</td>
      <td>Eb – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Ab/Bb (repeat)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Verse</td>
      <td>Eb – Gm7 – Fm7 – C7 – Fm7 – G7 – Bb7 – Eb – Gm7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – Bbsus</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Pre-chorus</td>
      <td>Abmaj7 – Gm7 – Fm7 – C#7(9) – Gm7 – Ab/Bb</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Chorus</td>
      <td>Eb – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Abm – Eb – Bbm – C7 – Fm7 – Abm – Eb – Gm7 – Ab/Bb</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Little musical “story” inside the harmony

The song starts on a warm E♭maj7 color, hinting intimacy right away.

The verse walks through Gm7 and Fm7, then uses C7 and G7 to create a subtle, jazzy pull, like emotional hesitation.

In the chorus, that shift from A♭maj7 to A♭m feels like questioning certainty—perfect for the lyric “How deep is your love?”, before resolving back to E♭ as reassurance.

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