CHORD LIBRARY

Play along In Spite Of Ourselves (Live) (feat. Iris DeMent), chord by chord.

Chords of: In Spite Of Ourselves (Live) (feat. Iris DeMent) by: Iris DeMent, John Prine. (D, G, Fmaj7, A) 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 “In Spite Of Ourselves (Live) (feat. Iris DeMent)”

“In Spite Of Ourselves (Live) (feat. Iris DeMent)” by Iris DeMent, John Prine is in C Major and runs at about 80 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 21 different chords across 85 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D, G, Fmaj7, A.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 44% of the 4:30 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Bb7 → Abmaj7 → A → Abmaj7 → Fm7 → Edim → Fmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 3 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
D1:5844%
G0:3513%
A0:3212%
Fmaj70:3212%
Abmaj70:207%
Bb70:073%
Fm70:042%
A70:041%

Chord progression, in order

D – G – A – D – A7 – Bb7 – Abmaj7 – G – Fm7 – D7 – Abmaj7 – A – Abmaj7 – F#m7b5/E – Abmaj7 – B7/D# – Gmaj7 – Fm7 – Edim – Fmaj7 – D – B7 – Abmaj7 – Am7 – D7 – A7 – Fm7 – G6 – F#7 – D – G – A7 – D – G – Em – D – A – D – G – D – A – D – G – D – A – D – G – D – …