CHORD LIBRARY

Play along My Sweet Lord, chord by chord.

Chords of: My Sweet Lord by: George Harrison. (C#, Abm7, E, F#) 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 “My Sweet Lord”

“My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison is in E Major and runs at about 121 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 152 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#, Abm7, E, F#.

C# is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 24% of the 4:38 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F# → B → F#m → B → F#m → B → F# → B. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C#1:0624%
Abm70:3713%
E0:269%
F#0:259%
F#m0:228%
B0:218%
Abm0:218%
C#m0:145%

Chord progression, in order

F# – B – F#m – B – F#m – B – F# – B – E – C#m – E – C#m – E – Abdim – C#7 – F#m – Amaj7 – B6 – F#m7 – Bmaj7 – F#m – B – Abm7 – F#m – B – E – C#m – E – C#m – E – C#7 – F#m – B6 – F#m – B – F#m – B – F#m – B – E – C#m – E – C#m – E – C# – F#m7 – B – Abm7 – …