CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Once Bitten Twice Shy, chord by chord.

Chords of: Once Bitten Twice Shy by: Great White. (Faug, C, F, Bb) 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 “Once Bitten Twice Shy”

“Once Bitten Twice Shy” by Great White is in F Major and runs at about 132 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 24 different chords across 88 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Faug, C, F, Bb.

C is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 36% of the 4:29 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C6 → C → C7 → C → Cdim → Gmaj7 → F/C → Gm6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use E major shapes — the song stays in F Major but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C1:3636%
F0:4316%
Bb0:2911%
Eb0:259%
G0:218%
D0:083%
C60:073%
F60:042%

Chord progression, in order

C6 – C – C7 – C – Cdim – Gmaj7 – D – Dm7b5 – F/C – Gm6 – Dm7 – Daug – Bb – Ebm – Eb – Abm7 – Bb – Eb – C – G – Dm – C – G – D – Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb – C – F – C – F6 – C – F – G – Gm – Dm7 – C – G – D – Cdim – C – G – D – Bb – Eb – Bb – Eb – …