CHORD LIBRARY

Play along How To Pray, chord by chord.

Chords of: How To Pray by: Kendrick Lamar, Dahi. (E7, F#m, E, Dmaj7) 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 “How To Pray”

“How To Pray” by Kendrick Lamar, Dahi is in D Major and runs at about 176 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 13 different chords across 57 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E7, F#m, E, Dmaj7.

E7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 24% of the 2:41 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bm7 → Dmaj7 → Amaj7 → F#m → Dmaj7 → F#m → E7 → F#m. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
E70:3824%
F#m0:2012%
E0:1912%
Dmaj70:1911%
B70:1811%
Bm70:1610%
F#m70:149%
B7/Eb0:042%

Chord progression, in order

Bm7 – Dmaj7 – E7 – Amaj7 – F#m – E7 – Dmaj7 – E7 – F#m7 – E – F#m – E7 – F#m – Bm7 – Dmaj7 – E7 – F#m7 – Bm7 – E7 – B7 – Bm7 – Dmaj7 – E – E7 – F#m7 – E – F#m – Bm7 – Dmaj7 – E7 – F#m – B7 – E7 – F#m7 – E7 – D#dim – Dmaj7 – F#m7 – G#m7 – Bm7 – E7 – E – B – Bm7 – Dmaj7 – E7 – F#m – Bm7 – …