About the chords of “Listen”

“Listen” by Basketmouth, Wande Coal is in F Major and runs at about 122 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 133 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F, Bbmaj7, Dm7, F6.

Bbmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 2:52 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Am7b5/G → Bbmaj7 → Eb6 → F/G → F → Gm7 → F → Fmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use E major shapes — the song stays in F Major but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Am7b5/G – Bbmaj7 – Eb7/G – Eb6 – F/G – Dm – C7 – Bb – F – Gm7 – F – G/D – F – Gm7 – F – Bb – Fmaj7 – Bbmaj7 – Gm – F7 – Bbmaj7 – F6 – Bbmaj7 – Dm – Bbmaj7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – F7 – Bbmaj7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – Fmaj7 – Bb – C – Dm – Gm7 – F – Bb6 – Fmaj7 – Bb – Dm7 – Gm7 – F/G – Bbmaj7 – C/Bb – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Dm7 – …

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