CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Vanilla, chord by chord.

Chords of: Vanilla by: Ethic. (Bbmaj7, Fmaj7, Bbm, 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 “Vanilla”

“Vanilla” by Ethic is in Bb Minor and runs at about 199 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 51 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Bbmaj7, Fmaj7, Bbm, C#.

Bbmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 37% of the 2:06 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bbmaj7 → C# → Fmaj7 → Bm7b5 → Fmaj7 → Am7 → Bbm → E. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 5 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in Bb Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Bbmaj70:4737%
Fmaj70:2923%
Bbm0:108%
C#0:076%
E0:054%
Eb0:044%
Bm7b50:032%
C#m60:022%

Chord progression, in order

D/A – Bbmaj7 – Bbm – Bbm7b5 – Eb/F – Bbmaj7 – Bbm7b5 – Gm7b5/F – Dm – Em7b5/D – C#/E# – Bbmaj7 – Gm7b5/F – Dm – Em7b5/D – C#m – Ebmaj7 – C# – Fmaj7 – Bbdim – Bbmaj7 – Bm7b5 – Bbm – Cmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Bm7b5 – Bbm – Am7 – Bbm – C#m6 – Gm7b5/F – Aaug – Bbm – C7 – D/A – Bbm – E – Bbmaj7 – C#m6 – Bbmaj7 – C#m – G – Bbmaj7 – C#7/E# – Bbmaj7 – Eb – Fmaj7 – Fm7b5/Eb – …