About the chords of “Starlight”

“Starlight” by Dave is in C Major and runs at about 124 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 36 different chords across 91 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Gmaj7, Em7, B7, D7.

Em7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 3:31 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bm → G → D → Em → D7 → Em7 → B7 → Em7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Bm – G7 – D – G – D – Em – D7 – Em7 – Dm7b5/C – B7 – Em7 – B7 – Em7 – Bmaj7 – Bm7b5 – Am7 – Emaj7 – Em7 – D7 – Em7 – Cmaj7 – F#dim – B7 – Em7 – C – D – Dm6 – B – C – Am6 – B7 – Em – Cmaj7 – D7 – Bm – Cm – F#m7b5/E – B7 – Em7 – D7 – G6 – Cmaj7 – F#dim – Bm – B7 – Am7 – D – G6 – …

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