Chords + Lyrics | Leave The Door Open
Intro
| Fmaj7 | G/F | Em7 | Am7 |
Said baby, said baby, said baby.
Verse 1
| Fmaj7 |
What you doing? (What you doing?). Where you at? (Where you at?)
| G/F |
Oh, you got plans? (You got plans?). Don’t say that (shut your trap).
| Em7 |
I’m sipping wine (sip, sip) in a robe (drip, drip).
| Am7 (Am G/B C)|
I look too good (look too good) to be alone (woo-woo)
| Fmaj7 |
My house clean (house clean), my pool warm (pool warm)
| G/F |
Just shaved (smooth like a newborn)
| Em7 |
We should be dancing, romancing in the east wing,
| Am7 G/B C (A B C)|
and the west wing of this mansion, what’s happening?
Bridge 1
| Ebmaj7 | Abmaj7 |
I ain’t playing no games every word that I say is coming straight from the heart
| Abmaj7 Gm7 Fm7 C11 | Gsus4 N.C |
So if you tryna lay in these arms. I’ma leave the door,
Chorus 1
| Fmaj7 | G/F |
Open (I’ma leave the door open). I’ma leave the door,
| Em7 | Am7 |
open, girl (I’ma leave the door open, hoping).
| Fmaj7 |
That you feel the way I feel and you want me like I want you
| G11 N.C | Cmaj9 | A7b9 |
tonight, baby (tell me that you’re coming through).
Verse 2
Ooh, you’re so sweet (so sweet), so tight (so tight).
I won’t bite (ah-ah), unless you like (unless you like).
If you smoke (what you smoke?) I got the haze (Purple Haze).
And if you’re hungry, girl, I got fillets (woo-woo).
Ooh, baby, don’t keep me (waiting).
There’s so much love we could be making (shamone).
| Em7 N.C E7b9 |
I’m talking kissing, cuddling, rose petals in the bathtub.
| Am7 N.C (A B C) |
Girl, let’s jump in, it’s bubbling
Bridge 2
I ain’t playing no games every word that I say is coming straight from the heart
So if you tryna lay in these arms. I’ma leave the door,
Chorus 2
Open (I’ma leave the door open). I’ma leave the door,
open, girl (I’ma leave the door open, hoping).
That you feel the way I feel and you want me like I want you
tonight, baby (tell me that you’re coming through).
Middle 8
| Abmaj9 | G7sus4 |
La-la-la, la-la-la-la (I need you, baby).
| Abmaj9 | G7sus4 |
La-la-la, la-la-la-la (I gotta see you, baby).
| Gbmaj9 | F7sus4 |
La-la-la, la-la-la-la (girl, I’m tryna give you this).
| Ebm7 | Gbmaj7/Ab N.C |
Ah-ah-ah-ah, ah-ah. Hey-hey, I’ma leave my door,
Chorus (key change)
| Gbmaj7 | Ab/Gb |
Open (I’ma leave the door open). I’ma leave the door,
| Fm7 | Bbm7 (Bb C Db)|
open, girl (I’ma leave the door open, hoping).
| Gbmaj7 |
That you feel the way I feel and you want me like I want you
| Ab N.C | Dbmaj9 | Bb7b9 |
tonight, baby (tell me that you’re coming through). Woo!
Outro
| Amaj9 | Ab7sus4 |
La-la-la, la-la-la-la (tell me, tell me that you’re coming through)
| Dbmaj9 | Bb7b9 |
Woo-wo-wo, woo-wo-wo, woo-wo-wo. Woo-wo-wo, woo-wo-wo, woo-wo-wo.
| Amaj9 | Ab7sus4 |
La-la-la, la-la-la-la (la-la-la, la-la) (tell me that you’re coming through).
| Dbmaj9 | Bb7b9 |
Girl, I’m here just waiting for you (oh!). Come on over, I’ll adore you (I gotta know!).
| Amaj9 | Ab7sus4 |
La-la-la, la-la-la-la. I’m waiting, waiting, waiting for you (tell me that you’re coming through).
| Dbmaj9 | Bb7b9 |
Girl, I’m here just waiting for you come on over, I’ll adore you,
| Amaj9 | Ab7sus4 | to fade
La-la-la, la-la-la-la (la-la, la-la) (tell me that you’re coming through).
Leave The Door Open Backing Tracks | Chord Analysis
Above, you’ll find backing tracks to use when learning Leave The Door Open. I’ve used stem separation to extract the guitar while keeping the drums, bass, keys, strings, and vocals intact.
After studying the chords and TAB, use my backing tracks to prepare for playing this tune with a band.
Should you want to play along with the original recording instead, you need to tune your guitar sharp to 441Hz. In the backing tracks, I’ve done this job for you by tuning it to 440Hz.
Chord Progressions – What’s Going On?
Bruno Mars’ latest project, Silk Sonic, is a throwback to artists like Barry White, Luther Vandross, and Earth, Wind & Fire, with a healthy dose of humour thrown in. And with that comes some seriously slick chord!
Let’s break down each section and see what’s happening with Leave The Door Open’s chords.
Intro + Verse
First up, the intro and verse, which form the main body of the song:
||: Fmaj7 | G/F | Em7 | Am7 :||
These chords come from the key of C major. However, because we start on chord IV and there’s no C chord, it feels more like we’re in F Lydian.
What stands out most is the second chord, G/F, which is quite unusual. This is a V chord with its b7 in the bass. Using Roman numerals, the progression is IV – V/b7 – III – VI.
Before moving to the bridge, the Am7 moves upwards with a passing progression like this:
| Am7 | G/B | C (A–B–C) |
Bridge
The bridge introduces a modal interchange. The opening Ebmaj7 acts as chord I, as if the key of C has been replaced by Cm/Eb:
| Ebmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 Gm7 Fm7 C11 | Gsus4 N.C |
This makes Abmaj7 chord IV. We then descend through the key of Eb via chords III and II: Gm7 to Fm7.
The C11 is another modal interchange, as if Fm7 (chord II) were acting as chord I. Finally, Gsus4 functions as chord V of the original key of C.
Chorus
The chorus begins the same way as the verse:
| Fmaj7 | G/F | Em7 | Am7 |
As the progression repeats, it changes to:
| Fmaj7 | G11 N.C | Cmaj9 | A7b9 |
Instead of G/F, we now get F/G, also known as G11. This resolves to Cmaj9 (chord I). After this release, tension is introduced with an altered VI chord, A7b9, which can also be viewed as Gdim7/A.
In the TAB, we explore this concept — and all other sections — in depth, check it out further down this guitar lesson.
Middle 8
Next comes the middle 8. Here, there’s an actual guitar part to copy from the original recording (see the TAB). The chords are:
| Abmaj9 | G7sus4 | Abmaj9 | G7sus4 |
| Gbmaj9 | F7sus4 | Ebm7 | Gbmaj7/Ab N.C |
There’s a lot to unpack here, but the underlying concept remains the same: modulation.
Abmaj9 to G7sus4 feels like IV – IIIx, placing us back in the key of Eb. This is repeated, before moving down a tone to Gbmaj9 and F7sus4 — another key change. The Ebm7 is the joker in the pack.
The final Gbmaj7/Ab moves us up a semitone from the key of C, and when the next chorus begins, we’re now firmly in Db.
Chorus (Key Change)
The chords are the same as before, but the part can now afford to be more rhythmically busy (check the TAB). Here’s what the chord progression look like in Db:
| Gbmaj7 | Ab/Gb | Fm7 | Bbm7 (Bb C Db) |
| Gbmaj7 | Ab N.C | Dbmaj9 | Bb7b9 |
Outro
The final section of Leave The Door Open is the outro, where these four chords are looped:
||: Amaj9 | Ab7sus4 | Dbmaj9 | Bb7b9 :||
This feels like a greatest-hits summary of the chords we’ve explored. The Dbmaj9 to Bb7b9 is a familiar ending, combining chord I with an altered VI, but now in the key of Db.
The first two chords, Amaj9 and Ab7sus4, reflect another modal interchange. Amaj9 functions as chord IV, while Ab7sus4 acts as IIIx, as if we’re briefly in the key of Dbm rather than Db.
After all that, I think I need a nap — there are just so many chords in Leave The Door Open!
Here’s the chord chart… how did I manage to fit all of this on one page?!
Leave The Door Open Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro Download
You can download my piece of art, I mean chord chart as a PDF or marvel at its beauty in the iReal Pro format:
Leave The Door Open | TAB
Let’s look at a bunch of parts I’ve worked out for this tune. Hopefully, they’ll work in your band as a solid starting point for developing your own chord adventures.
Intro
This is a keyboard part, so it’s probably best not to play here. If you don’t have a keys player, you’ll need to do something, so you might as well start with this:
Verse
The verse starts in a similar way to the intro, but here we need to play the chords with a repetitive pattern. Try this:
As the verse returns, we encounter some stops — you must nail these! I’ve modified the lead-up here so that, once you’ve absorbed it, you can find more variations of your own.
Bridge
The bridge can be played in several ways. I’ve got one option here for you:
Chorus
The chorus maintains the G/F, which is the same as Em7. The Am is the same as Fmaj7, so there are lots of possibilities here to repeat ourselves, allowing the bass to provide the variation.
The last four bars are so great — we build by changing the rhythm, increasing the intensity, stopping, and then releasing into a lush maj9. The chord analysis then said A7b9, which is the same as a Gdim7/A.
A dim7 chord can start on any of its four notes, so we move this from Bbdim7 to Gdim7.
As the chorus returns a semitone up, I figured we could play more:
Middle 8
The middle 8 introduces even more chords. I’ve got two parts here for you. The first carries on with a similar concept to what we’ve already done:
The second option is transcribed from the record:
Outro
The final part is like a highlight reel of this chord feast!
When you can play all of this TAB, scroll back up to the backing tracks and see if you can play the complete tune using just a chord chart.
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