CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Shiny, chord by chord.

Chords of: Shiny by: Jemaine Clement. (G, Em, Ebmaj7, Em7) 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 “Shiny”

“Shiny” by Jemaine Clement is in E Minor and runs at about 145 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 35 different chords across 97 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, Em, Ebmaj7, Em7.

Em is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 13% of the 2:50 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with E7 → Em6 → Em → Am7b5 → Em → Am7 → G6 → G. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 12 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Em0:2213%
Ebmaj70:1710%
G0:138%
C0:127%
Am70:116%
Em70:106%
Bb0:106%
G60:096%

Chord progression, in order

E7 – Em6 – Am7 – Em – Am7 – Abmaj7 – Em – Ebdim – D7 – Cm7 – Am7b5 – Em – Am7 – Em – Am7 – Em – G7 – A7 – Em – Cm – D7 – C7 – F7/A – G6 – G/B – Cmaj7 – G – C – G – Cmaj7 – Am – D – Em – C – Em7 – C – Em – Cmaj7 – Am – D – Ebmaj7 – Ebdim – Em – Em7 – Cm – Bbdim – Am7 – G6 – …