CHORD LIBRARY

Play along You Should Be Dancing, chord by chord.

Chords of: You Should Be Dancing by: Dee Gees. (Gaug, Gm, Ebmaj7, Gm7) 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 “You Should Be Dancing”

“You Should Be Dancing” by Dee Gees is in G Minor and runs at about 123 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 19 different chords across 66 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Gaug, Gm, Ebmaj7, Gm7.

Gm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 39% of the 3:48 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Gm7 → G6 → Gm → Gm7 → Gm → Ebmaj7 → Cm → Bb6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 4 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in G Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Gm1:2839%
Ebmaj71:0629%
Gm70:219%
Baug0:146%
Cm0:073%
Cm70:052%
Eb60:052%
Eb/Bb0:042%

Chord progression, in order

Gm7 – G6 – D – Gm – Gm7 – C7 – Gm7 – C7 – Gm7 – Cm – Baug – Eb/Bb – Baug – Cm7 – Baug – Bb6 – Baug – Gm – Ebmaj7 – Cm7 – Baug – Bb6 – Baug – Cm – Bb6 – Gm – Cm7 – Baug – Eb6 – Baug – Cm7 – Baug – Eb6 – Gm – Ebmaj7 – Gm – Am – Gm – Am – Gm7 – Ebmaj7 – Cm – Eb/Bb – Baug – Cm – Baug – Eb/Bb – Baug – …