CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Hold Me While You Wait (1 Mic 1 Take / Live from Capitol Stud..., chord by chord.

Chords of: Hold Me While You Wait (1 Mic 1 Take / Live from Capitol Stud... by: Lewis Capaldi. (Bb7/D, Ebm, Abm, B) 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 “Hold Me While You Wait (1 Mic 1 Take / Live from Capitol Stud...”

“Hold Me While You Wait (1 Mic 1 Take / Live from Capitol Stud...” by Lewis Capaldi is in Eb Minor and runs at about 155 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 16 different chords across 65 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Bb7/D, Ebm, Abm, B.

Ebm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 3:50 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bmaj7 → Ebm → Emaj7 → Eaug → B → Ebm → Eaug → Abm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 5 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use D minor shapes — the song stays in Eb Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Ebm0:5122%
Abm0:4218%
B0:4118%
Bmaj70:3214%
F#0:2410%
F#60:084%
E0:073%
Eaug0:063%

Chord progression, in order

Bmaj7 – Ebm – Emaj7 – Eaug – B – Ebm – C#m – Emaj7 – Eaug – Abm – B – F# – B – Abm – B – F# – F#m7 – B – Ebm7 – Ebm – Abm – Ebm – Bmaj7 – Ebm – C#m – E – Abm – B – F# – B – Ebm – Abm – F# – Bmaj7 – Ebm – Abm – F#aug – Ebm – E – B/F# – F# – Abm – F# – B – Ebm – E – Em – B/F# – …