CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Hotline Bling, chord by chord.

Chords of: Hotline Bling by: Drake. (G7, Am7, Bbmaj7, Am) 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 “Hotline Bling”

“Hotline Bling” by Drake is in D Minor and runs at about 133 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 32 different chords across 106 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G7, Am7, Bbmaj7, Am.

Am7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 32% of the 4:38 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with E7/G# → Dm7 → Gm7 → Bm7b5/A → Dm7 → Bbmaj7 → Am → Bbmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 4 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Am71:2832%
Bbmaj71:2330%
Am0:259%
Dm70:124%
Bb0:103%
E7/G#0:073%
C/G0:072%
F/C0:062%

Chord progression, in order

Daug – E7/G# – Dm7 – A – Gm7 – Bm7b5/A – Bbm7 – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Am – Bbmaj7 – Am – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – C/G – Am7 – D – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Em7b5/D – C – Bbmaj7 – Am – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Dm7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – C/G – Am7 – D – Dm7b5 – C/D – …