CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Shiny, chord by chord.

Chords of: Shiny by: Jemaine Clement. (C, Em, G, 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 “Shiny”

“Shiny” by Jemaine Clement is in D Minor and runs at about 70 BPM, giving it a slow, laid-back feel. Our analysis found 48 different chords across 105 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C, Em, G, Bb.

Em is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 13% of the 3:16 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Am7 → Em → Am7 → Em → Am7 → Eb6 → G → G/B. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Em0:2513%
G0:147%
Am70:137%
Bb0:137%
Cmaj70:116%
Ebmaj70:095%
C0:095%
Em70:074%

Chord progression, in order

Em6 – Am7 – Em – Am7 – Emaj7 – Cm – Bbaug – Am7 – Abmaj7 – Em – Am7 – Em – Am7 – Eb6 – Ebm7b5/Db – G – C7 – G/B – C – G – C6 – Am – Dm – Em7 – Cmaj7 – Em7 – C – Em7 – Cmaj7 – Am6 – Dmaj7 – Abm – Eb – Ebdim – Em – Bb7 – A7/C# – Em7b5 – A7 – Bb – A7 – Am7b5 – D/A – F – Cm6 – Emaj7 – D/A – A/G – …