CHORD LIBRARY

Play along There’s A First Time For Everything, chord by chord.

Chords of: There’s A First Time For Everything by: Charlie Puth. (C#, Ab, C#maj7, Ab/Gb) 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 “There’s A First Time For Everything”

“There’s A First Time For Everything” by Charlie Puth is in Ab Major and runs at about 99 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 19 different chords across 78 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#, Ab, C#maj7, Ab/Gb.

C# is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 59% of the 2:15 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C# → Ab/Gb → C# → F#6 → C# → C#maj7 → C# → Ab. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 3 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use G major shapes — the song stays in Ab Major but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C#1:2059%
F#60:1410%
Bbm70:1410%
Ab0:043%
F#0:043%
Ab/Gb0:032%
Ab70:032%
C#maj70:032%

Chord progression, in order

Bbm – Ab/Bb – F#6 – C# – Bbm – Ab/Bb – F#6 – C# – Bbm7 – Ab/Gb – Ab7 – C# – Bbm7 – Ab/Bb – F#6 – Ab7 – C# – Bbm7 – F#6 – C#/G# – C# – Bbm7 – F#6 – C# – Bbm7 – F#6 – C#maj7 – Bbm7 – C# – Bbm7 – F#6 – C# – Abmaj7 – C# – Bbm7 – F#m – Abm – C# – Bbm – F#6 – F#maj7 – Ab7 – C# – F#6 – C# – F#6 – C# – Bbm7 – …