CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Resilient (The Smile Video Series), chord by chord.

Chords of: Resilient (The Smile Video Series) by: Katy Perry. (G, C, C6, Am) 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 “Resilient (The Smile Video Series)”

“Resilient (The Smile Video Series)” by Katy Perry is in C Major and runs at about 136 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 28 different chords across 117 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, C, C6, Am.

C is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 19% of the 3:02 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Cmaj7 → G → Em → Cmaj7 → G/A → C → G7 → F6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C0:3519%
G0:2715%
F60:179%
Am0:137%
Em0:116%
Cmaj70:106%
Am70:105%
Fmaj70:085%

Chord progression, in order

Gmaj7 – C6 – D – Cmaj7 – A – G – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Faug – G – Em – Dm – G – E – D – Cmaj7 – Faug – G – Dm – Em – D7/F# – Am7 – Cmaj7 – Faug – Em – Fmaj7 – G6 – F6 – Cmaj7 – E7 – D7 – G/A – F6 – C – G7 – F6 – C – Em7 – Am7 – F6 – C – G6 – F – G – F – C – G – Am6 – …