CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Back It Up, chord by chord.

Chords of: Back It Up by: Dadju. (G7, Fm, Fm7, C#maj7) 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 “Back It Up”

“Back It Up” by Dadju is in F Minor and runs at about 86 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 26 different chords across 111 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G7, Fm, Fm7, C#maj7.

Fm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 43% of the 3:13 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F7 → Fm → Fm7 → Fm → F7 → Ab → Fm7 → Fm. 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 E minor shapes — the song stays in F Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Fm1:2343%
Fm70:4222%
C#maj70:095%
F0:074%
F70:063%
Cm70:063%
C70:063%
Eb70:042%

Chord progression, in order

F7 – Fm – Fm7 – Fm – Bbm – C – F7 – Gm7b5/F – Fm – Fm7 – Gm7 – Fm6 – F7 – Ab – C – Fm – Eb/Bb – Fm7 – Gm – C7 – Fm – Eb7 – Fm – Bbm6 – Fm – Abmaj7 – Fm – C7 – C#maj7 – Eb6 – Fm7 – C# – Eb6 – Fm – C#6 – F – C#maj7 – Cm7 – Fm7 – C#maj7 – Eb6 – Fm – Gm7b5/F – C7 – Fm – Cm7 – Fm7 – Bbm – …