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Crazy in Love by Beyoncé feat. Jay-Z

Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 21 steps · 3 unique chords · 2000s

Community chart. These chords come from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums, not from a transcription checked against the recording. Charts are sometimes written in a different key or simplified, and no second chart of this song agreed closely enough to mark this page verified. Trust your ears.
Intro 1Step 1 of 21

B♭

LeftB♭2, F3RightB♭3, D4, F4
C4F3D4F4B♭2B♭3
Left hand Right hand Middle C (C4)

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Harmonic Analysis & Structure

Overview

Key: B♭ major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 52

Form: Intro → Intro ×2 → B Section → B Section → A Section → A Section ×3 → C Section → C Section ×3 → B Section ×2 → A Section ×4 → C Section ×5 → D Section → D Section ×2 → D Section → D Section ×3 → D Section → C Section → Interlude → C Section → Interlude → C Section → Interlude → C Section → Interlude → C Section → Interlude → C Section → Interlude → C Section → Interlude → C Section → Interlude → Vamp → Vamp ×3

Where these chords come from: a chord chart of this song written by a musician and shared on the iReal Pro forums, archived in the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). It's one musician's reading of the song, not a transcription checked against the recording. This page shows that chart as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Intro 1

  • B♭ – Gm
    I – vi

Intro 2

Same chords as Intro 1.

Intro 3

Same chords as Intro 1.

B Section 1

  • Dm
    iii

B Section 2

  • Dm – B♭ – Gm
    iii – I – vi

A Section 1

  • Dm
    iii

A Section 2

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 3

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 4

Same chords as A Section 1.

C Section 1

  • B♭ – Gm
    I – vi

C Section 2

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 3

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 4

Same chords as C Section 1.

B Section 3

Same chords as B Section 1.

B Section 4

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 6

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 7

Same chords as A Section 1.

A Section 8

Same chords as A Section 1.

C Section 5

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 6

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 7

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 8

Same chords as C Section 1.

C Section 9

Same chords as C Section 1.

D Section 1

  • Dm
    iii

D Section 2

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 3

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 4

  • Dm – B♭ – Gm
    iii – I – vi

D Section 5

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 6

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 7

Same chords as D Section 1.

D Section 8

  • Dm
    iii
  • B♭ – Gm (×3)
    I – vi
  • Dm
    iii

C Section 10

  • B♭
    I

Interlude 1

  • Gm
    vi

C Section 11

Same chords as C Section 10.

Interlude 2

Same chords as Interlude 1.

C Section 12

Same chords as C Section 10.

Interlude 3

Same chords as Interlude 1.

C Section 13

Same chords as C Section 10.

Interlude 4

Same chords as Interlude 1.

C Section 14

Same chords as C Section 10.

Interlude 5

Same chords as Interlude 1.

C Section 15

Same chords as C Section 10.

Interlude 6

Same chords as Interlude 1.

C Section 16

Same chords as C Section 10.

Interlude 7

Same chords as Interlude 1.

C Section 17

Same chords as C Section 10.

Interlude 8

Same chords as Interlude 1.

Vamp 1

  • B♭ – Gm
    I – vi

Vamp 2

Same chords as Vamp 1.

Vamp 3

Same chords as Vamp 1.

Vamp 4

Same chords as Vamp 1.

Chord vocabulary

ChordRoman numeralRoleHeard in
B♭IHome chord (tonic)Intro, B Section, C Section, D Section, Vamp
GmviIn the keyIntro, B Section, C Section, D Section, Interlude, Vamp
DmiiiIn the keyB Section, A Section, D Section

Sources & accuracy

  • Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “Crazy In Love” (credited “Knowles Beyonce”, style Hip-hop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.
  • Section names: from the chart's own markings: section names written on the chart (Intro, Verse, Chorus…) are kept, and rehearsal letters are shown as “A Section”, “B Section” and so on (the B of an AABA song is called the Bridge).
  • Chord charts are often written in a key that suits a particular singer or band, so this may not be the key of the original recording.
  • About the song: Wikipedia.
  • Not verified: other charts of this song differ in places from this one, so this page isn't marked verified.
  • Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.

Sources & Accuracy

Every chord on this page comes from the community chart listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.

  • Chords from a chart a musician wrote and shared on the iReal Pro forums (archived in the ChoCo research dataset); may be in a different key from the recording, and not checked against it.

    Community chord chart “Crazy In Love” (credited “Knowles Beyonce”, style Hip-hop) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts.

All Piano Voicings

#SectionChordLeft handRight handSources
1Intro 1B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
2Intro 1GmG2, D3B♭3, D4, G4—
3B Section 1DmD2, A2A3, D4, F4—
4B Section 2DmD2, A2A3, D4, F4—
5B Section 2B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
6B Section 2GmG2, D3B♭3, D4, G4—
7A Section 1DmD2, A2A3, D4, F4—
8C Section 1B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
9C Section 1GmG2, D3B♭3, D4, G4—
10D Section 1DmD2, A2A3, D4, F4—
11D Section 4DmD2, A2A3, D4, F4—
12D Section 4B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
13D Section 4GmG2, D3B♭3, D4, G4—
14D Section 8, part 1DmD2, A2A3, D4, F4—
15D Section 8, part 2 (×3)B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
16D Section 8, part 2 (×3)GmG2, D3B♭3, D4, G4—
17D Section 8, part 3DmD2, A2A3, D4, F4—
18C Section 10B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
19Interlude 1GmG2, D3B♭3, D4, G4—
20Vamp 1B♭B♭2, F3B♭3, D4, F4—
21Vamp 1GmG2, D3B♭3, D4, G4—