CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Purple Tide, chord by chord.

Chords of: Purple Tide by: Cult of Lilith. (C#, Fm, Cm6, Dm7b5/C) 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 “Purple Tide”

“Purple Tide” by Cult of Lilith is in F Minor and runs at about 199 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 55 different chords across 129 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#, Fm, Cm6, Dm7b5/C.

C# is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 12% of the 4:45 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C# → Amaj7 → C# → Amaj7 → C# → D → D7 → Dm7b5. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 8 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in F Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C#0:3312%
Fm0:248%
Cm60:197%
Amaj70:155%
Dm7b5/C0:155%
D0:134%
Abmaj70:124%
D70:114%

Chord progression, in order

A – C# – Amaj7 – C# – Amaj7 – Fm – Faug – Amaj7 – C# – Amaj7 – C# – Amaj7 – D – C# – D7 – C#maj7 – D7 – Fmaj7 – C#maj7 – D7 – F – C#7 – Dm7b5 – D7 – D – Cm6 – Fm7b5 – G/D – Em – Abm7 – Abmaj7 – Bm7b5/A – Bbm7b5/Ab – Dm7b5/C – Fmaj7 – Ab6 – Dm6 – C#7 – Abm7b5 – Dm7b5/C – E7/G# – Abm7 – Bb – Abm7b5 – C#7/E# – Abm – Em – Abm6 – …