CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Ready Steady, chord by chord.

Chords of: Ready Steady by: Ado. (D, D7, Bbmaj7, Dm7) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “Ready Steady”

“Ready Steady” by Ado is in C Minor and runs at about 114 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 39 different chords across 101 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D, D7, Bbmaj7, Dm7.

D7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 3:25 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D7 → Dm7b5 → D7 → Dm7 → Dm7b5 → D7 → Dm7 → Bbmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 5 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
D70:5627%
Dm70:3115%
Bbmaj70:3115%
Dm7b50:157%
D0:126%
Bb60:084%
Dm0:073%
D60:073%

Chord progression, in order

C – D – Bb – D7 – Ebm7b5/Db – Dm7b5 – G/D – D7 – Bbmaj7 – Dm7b5 – G/D – D7 – Dm7 – F7/A – Dm7b5 – G/D – Daug – D7 – Bb – Am – Dm – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Cm7 – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Gm7 – D – Dmaj7 – E/D – D7 – Bb6 – D6 – C6 – Bbmaj7 – C – D7 – Dm7b5 – F6 – Bdim – Dm7b5 – …