CHORD LIBRARY

Play along gloria, chord by chord.

Chords of: gloria by: Kendrick Lamar, SZA. (D, Bbmaj7, Am7, Gm7) 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 “gloria”

“gloria” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA is in D Minor and runs at about 138 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 43 different chords across 180 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D, Bbmaj7, Am7, Gm7.

Bbmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 15% of the 4:39 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C/Bb → Fm → Bbmaj7 → Am → Gm → Dm → Bbmaj7 → Am. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 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
Bbmaj70:4115%
Am70:3613%
Dm0:3011%
Gm70:2710%
Gm0:207%
Am0:155%
D0:093%
Dm70:083%

Chord progression, in order

C/Bb – Fm – Bbmaj7 – Am – Gm – Dm – Bbmaj7 – Am – Gm – Fdim – Dm – A7/C# – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – G – Gm6 – Fm – Dm – A7/C# – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Gm7 – Dm – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – Gm7 – C#m – Dm – A7/C# – Bbmaj7 – Am7 – G6 – Dm – Bbmaj7 – Gm – Am7 – F/A – Gm7 – Dm – A7/C# – Gm – Am7 – G6 – Dm – Bbmaj7 – Am – A/G – G – …