CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Life's A Mess (feat. Halsey), chord by chord.

Chords of: Life's A Mess (feat. Halsey) by: Halsey, Juice WRLD. (F#, Ab7, Abm7, F#maj7) 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 “Life's A Mess (feat. Halsey)”

“Life's A Mess (feat. Halsey)” by Halsey, Juice WRLD is in Db Major and runs at about 143 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 125 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F#, Ab7, Abm7, F#maj7.

F# is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 3:20 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Abm7 → Ab7 → C# → Ab7 → Ab → F#/G# → Ab7 → Ab. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 14 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use C major shapes — the song stays in Db Major but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
F#0:4422%
F#maj70:2111%
Abm70:2010%
Ab70:2010%
Bmaj70:147%
B60:136%
Ebm70:116%
C#0:105%

Chord progression, in order

Abm7 – F#maj7 – Ab7 – C# – F# – Bbm7 – Abm7 – F# – Fm – Ebm7 – C# – F# – Ab7 – F# – Ab7 – C# – F#/G# – Ab7 – F# – Ab – C#6 – F#/G# – Ab7 – F# – Ab – C#6 – Ab7 – F# – Ab7 – C# – Bbm – F# – Abm7 – F# – Ebm – F# – C#6 – Abm7 – F#maj7 – Ebm7 – C#7 – C#6 – F#6 – Abm – Ebm – Abm7 – F#maj7 – Bmaj7 – …