CHORD LIBRARY

Play along The Young Ones, chord by chord.

Chords of: The Young Ones by: Cliff Richard. (G, Em, C, D) 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 “The Young Ones”

“The Young Ones” by Cliff Richard is in C Major and runs at about 134 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 17 different chords across 78 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, Em, C, D.

G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 46% of the 3:03 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G → Em → Am → Dm → G → Em → G → Em. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 1 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
G1:2346%
Em0:3519%
C0:179%
D0:148%
Amaj70:074%
Am0:053%
D70:053%
D60:032%

Chord progression, in order

G – D – Em – Am – Dm – Bm7 – G – Em – G – Em – G – D – G – C – D/A – G – D6 – G – C – D – G – Em – G – Em – G – D7 – Gmaj7 – C – Am – G – D – G – C – G – Amaj7 – D – Dm7b5 – D6 – G – Em – G – Em – G – D – G – C – G – D – …