This Love by Maroon 5

Overview

Key: B minor · Chords used: 13 · Sections: 14

Form: A Section → A Section → Chorus → B Section → A Section → Bridge → A Section → Chorus → B Section → A Section → Bridge → C Section → B Section → B Section

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

A Section 1

• F♯7 – Bm7 – Em7 – C♯dim (×2)
  V7 – i7 – iv7 – ii°

A Section 2

• F♯7 – Bm – Em7 – C♯dim – F♯ – Bm – Em7
  V7 – i – iv7 – ii° – V – i – iv7

Chorus 1

• C♯dim – F♯
  ii° – V

B Section 1

• Bm – Em7 – A – D (×3)
  i – iv7 – bVII – bIII
• Bm7 – E – G – F♯
  i7 – IV – bVI – V

A Section 3

• F♯7 – Bm7 – Em7
  V7 – i7 – iv7

Bridge 1

• C♯dim
  ii°

A Section 4

Same chords as A Section 2.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

B Section 2

Same chords as B Section 1.

A Section 5

Same chords as A Section 3.

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

C Section

• Em – D – C♯dim/A♯ – Bm – Em – D – F♯ – F♯7
  iv – bIII – ii° (bass A♯) – i – iv – bIII – V – V7

B Section 3

• Bm – Em – A – D – Bm7
  i – iv – bVII – bIII – i7
• Em – A – D – Bm (×2)
  iv – bVII – bIII – i
• E7 – G – F♯
  IV7 – bVI – V

B Section 4

• Bm – Em – A – D – Bm7
  i – iv – bVII – bIII – i7
• Em – A – D – Bm (×2)
  iv – bVII – bIII – i
• E7 – G – F♯ – Bm
  IV7 – bVI – V – i

Chord vocabulary

Chord	Roman numeral	Role	Heard in
F♯7	V7	In the key	A Section, C Section
Bm7	i7	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section
Em7	iv7	In the key	A Section, B Section
C♯dim	ii°	In the key	A Section, Chorus, Bridge
Bm	i	Home chord (tonic)	A Section, B Section, C Section
F♯	V	In the key	A Section, Chorus, B Section, C Section
A	bVII	In the key	B Section
D	bIII	In the key	B Section, C Section
E	IV	Borrowed from B major	B Section
G	bVI	In the key	B Section
Em	iv	In the key	C Section, B Section
C♯dim/A♯	ii° (bass A♯)	Outside the key (chromatic)	C Section
E7	IV7	Outside the key (chromatic)	B Section

Harmonic highlights

• E (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, B major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “This Love (Gig)” (credited “5 Maroon”, style Rock) 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).
• Cross-check: the iReal Pro forum charts archived in ChoCo (de Berardinis et al., 2023). Community chord chart “This Love” (credited “Composer Maroon 5”, style Medium Swing) from the forum file linked here, CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo. Performer confirmed from the Billboard year-end charts. A separately posted chart of the same song; its chords match this page's closely when both are read in the same key (similarity 93%).
• 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.
• Verified: two community charts of this song, posted in different forum threads, agree on its harmony. They're still charts, not transcriptions checked against the recording.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.