CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Fairytale, chord by chord.

Chords of: Fairytale by: JO1. (Fm6, Cm, G, Eb6) 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 “Fairytale”

“Fairytale” by JO1 is in C Minor and runs at about 105 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 28 different chords across 110 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Fm6, Cm, G, Eb6.

Cm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 15% of the 3:02 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Abmaj7 → Cmaj7 → G → C → G → Gmaj7 → Ab6 → Fm6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 10 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Cm0:2715%
G0:2112%
Abmaj70:137%
Bb60:116%
C0:116%
Ab0:106%
Eb60:105%
G70:095%

Chord progression, in order

C – Cm7 – Bb6 – Abmaj7 – G7 – Cm7 – Bb6 – Abmaj7 – Cmaj7 – G – C – G – Ab7/C – Cm7 – Gmaj7 – Ab6 – G7 – C#maj7 – Cm – Gm – Ab – G – Cm – Gm – Ab – Gm – Cm – Bb6 – Eb – Ab6 – G7 – Fm6 – Ab – C6 – F6 – Cm – Eb6 – Abmaj7 – G – C – Gm7b5 – Gmaj7 – Cm – G – Ab – G – Fm – C – …