CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Permission to Dance, chord by chord.

Chords of: Permission to Dance by: BTS. (E/B, E, G7/B, E6) 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 “Permission to Dance”

“Permission to Dance” by BTS is in C Major and runs at about 124 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 31 different chords across 185 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E/B, E, G7/B, E6.

E is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 20% of the 4:44 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Cm → Caug → G7/B → C#m → Ab/C → B → C#m → Ab7/C. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 10 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
E0:5620%
Amaj70:3311%
C#m70:228%
B0:228%
E60:197%
C#m0:186%
G7/B0:176%
E/B0:155%

Chord progression, in order

Cm – Caug – G7/B – E – Abm – C#m7 – B – Amaj7 – Abm7 – A6 – C#m7b5/B – E – B – C#m7 – B – C#m – A6 – C#m7b5/B – C#m – Ab/C – A – B – C#m – Ab7/C – Amaj7 – B – E6 – Amaj7 – E – F#m7 – E/B – Amaj7 – E – A6 – C#m7 – Ab7/C – Amaj7 – B – E6 – Ebm – C#m – B – A – Abm7 – F#m7 – E – Eb – C#m7 – …