CHORD LIBRARY

Play along How Do You Heal a Broken Heart, chord by chord.

Chords of: How Do You Heal a Broken Heart by: Chris Walker, Michael Pangilinan. (F#, F, Dm7, Am7) 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 “How Do You Heal a Broken Heart”

“How Do You Heal a Broken Heart” by Chris Walker, Michael Pangilinan is in F Major and runs at about 103 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 37 different chords across 153 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F#, F, Dm7, Am7.

Dm7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 14% of the 4:57 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F → Bbmaj7 → C7/E → Am7 → Dm7 → Gm7 → F → Dm7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 4 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

ChordTime heldShare
Dm70:4114%
Am70:2910%
F0:289%
Gm70:279%
Bb0:269%
C0:155%
C/Bb0:114%
Ebm70:114%

Chord progression, in order

F – Dm – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – F – Gm7 – Bb/C – F – Fmaj7 – Dm7 – F/C – Bb – F/A – G7 – F – Am – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – C7/E – Am7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – Gm – F/C – C7 – F – Dm7 – Bb – C7/E – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – Bb/C – C – F – Dm7 – Bb – C/Bb – Am7 – Dm7 – Gm7 – Dm7b5/C – C – Edim – F – Dm7 – Bb – …