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Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)

Porter Cole4/4medium-swing

Chord Diagrams — Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) in D (Guitar)

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D6
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D♯dim7
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Em7
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EADGBE2
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A7
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EADGBEx23
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D7
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EADGBExx213
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5frEADGBE111134
G6
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EADGBE21
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5frEADGBE111x34
Gm6
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C9
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F♯m7
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EADGBE111113
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B7♭9
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F♯7♯5
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E9
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A7♯5
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G7
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EADGBE321
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Bm6
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G9
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Em6
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EADGBE123
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Am7
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EADGBEx21
5frEADGBE111113
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D7♭9
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Gm7
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C7
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F6
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D6/D
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Bm7
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EADGBE111132
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A7♭9
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B7♯5
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2frEADGBEx213
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9frEADGBExx1423

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Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) in D

Key of D

D major is one of guitar's most resonant keys. The open D string acts as a droning root, and the open A string provides the fifth. This gives D-based strumming a wide, ringing quality that flatpicks and fingerpicks love. D is a beginner-level key on guitar because the open D and A strings provide a powerful bass foundation, and the open high E is the 2nd scale degree adding brightness. Beginners will find this key approachable since most chords use open voicings with minimal stretching.

Voice Leading

The bass line moves through D to D# (ascending half step), D# to E (ascending half step), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to D (ascending perfect fourth), D to G (ascending perfect fourth), G to G (ascending unison), G to C (ascending perfect fourth), C to F# (ascending tritone), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to F# (descending perfect fourth), F# to E (descending whole step), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to G (descending whole step), G to B (ascending major third), B to G (descending major third), G to E (descending minor third), E to A (ascending perfect fourth), A to D (ascending perfect fourth), D to G (ascending perfect fourth), G to C (ascending perfect fourth), C to F (ascending perfect fourth), F to D (descending minor third), D to B (descending minor third), B to A (descending whole step), A to B (ascending whole step). A half-step bass movement creates a strong leading-tone pull that demands resolution. The root motion by larger intervals (fourths and fifths) gives each chord change a strong, decisive character. When the progression loops, the bass returns from B to D by minor third.

Scales for Improvisation

D major pentatonic works because every note is either a chord tone or a safe passing tone — there are no avoid notes. For soloing, this means you can play freely without clashing. Over dominant seventh chords, D Mixolydian adds the flat seventh for an authentic blues-rock edge.

medium-swing4/4 · 32 bars · Form: ABA

Chords: D6, D♯dim7, Em7, A7, D7, G6, Gm6, C9, F♯m7, B7♭9, F♯7♯5, E9, A7♯5, G7, Bm6, G9, Em6, Am7, D7♭9, Gm7, C7, F6, D6/D, Bm7, A7♭9, B7♯5.

Scales for Improvisation D bebop, D bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of D