CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Practice What You Preach, chord by chord.

Chords of: Practice What You Preach by: Barry White. (C, Am7, D, G) 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 “Practice What You Preach”

“Practice What You Preach” by Barry White is in C Major and runs at about 187 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 39 different chords across 174 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C, Am7, D, G.

Am7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 24% of the 3:59 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G → A → G → D → Am7 → G → D → Am7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Am70:5824%
D0:3816%
G0:3013%
Em70:146%
C0:115%
A70:094%
Gm0:073%
C60:073%

Chord progression, in order

G – E – Bbmaj7 – E – A – Dmaj7 – C7 – E – D – G – E – Dmaj7 – Ebm – C – B – Am – C# – D – G – D – Am7 – Em7 – D/E – G – D – Em7 – C – G/B – C – D7 – G – D – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Em7 – D – A7 – C – G/B – Am7 – G – D – Am7 – D – G – A – C7 – Em7 – …