CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Ljúft að vera til, chord by chord.

Chords of: Ljúft að vera til by: Jón Jónsson. (G, Em, C, Am7) 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 “Ljúft að vera til”

“Ljúft að vera til” by Jón Jónsson is in C Major and runs at about 194 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 19 different chords across 127 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, Em, C, Am7.

G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 38% of the 3:40 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D/A → Amaj7 → B7 → Ebmaj7 → G → C → G → C. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 6 main chords including 1 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
G1:2438%
C0:3114%
Em0:2511%
D0:209%
Am0:146%
Am70:136%
Cmaj70:073%
Gmaj70:042%

Chord progression, in order

Am7b5 – D/A – Amaj7 – B7 – Ebmaj7 – G – Am – G – Am – G – Am – G – Am – G – C – G – D – C – G – C – G – D – G – C – G – C – D6 – G – C – G – D – G/D – C – G – Am – Dm – Am7 – Em – D – C – G – Am – Em – D – C – D7 – G – Am – …