CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Pump It, chord by chord.

Chords of: Pump It by: Black Eyed Peas. (E, Emaj7, Em7, F7) 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 “Pump It”

“Pump It” by Black Eyed Peas is in C Major and runs at about 153 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 39 different chords across 87 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E, Emaj7, Em7, F7.

E is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 3:42 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bb7/D → Bb7 → E7 → Emaj7 → Fmaj7 → Eaug → Fmaj7 → E. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
E1:0027%
Emaj70:2712%
Fmaj70:146%
Em70:136%
Gmaj70:115%
F70:105%
A0:094%
F60:073%

Chord progression, in order

Bb7/D – Bm6 – Bb7 – Bmaj7 – Bb7 – E7 – Amaj7 – B6 – Cm6 – Emaj7 – Fm7b5 – Fmaj7 – Eaug – Fmaj7 – E – Emaj7 – Em7 – Abmaj7 – Gm7b5/F – E – A – Gmaj7 – F7 – E – Fmaj7 – Dm – E – F6 – E – Emaj7 – C#7 – Bm7 – Emaj7 – Fmaj7 – Amaj7 – Fmaj7 – Fm7b5 – E – F#m7b5/E – A – Gmaj7 – F7 – E – Fmaj7 – Dm – E – F6 – E – …