CHORD LIBRARY

Play along It's Not Easy, chord by chord.

Chords of: It's Not Easy by: Lucky Dube. (G7, B, E, F#) 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 “It's Not Easy”

“It's Not Easy” by Lucky Dube is in D Major and runs at about 129 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 18 different chords across 116 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G7, B, E, F#.

B is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 42% of the 5:27 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with B → E → F# → B → E → F# → B → E. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 3 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
B2:1842%
E1:2325%
F#1:0821%
F#60:103%
F#70:072%
Emaj70:052%
E/F#0:041%
E/B0:031%

Chord progression, in order

B – Bm6 – B7 – E – Emaj7 – F# – E/F# – B – E – B – F# – B/F# – F#m7 – B – E – B – E – F# – F#7 – B – E/B – B – E – F# – B/F# – C#m6 – B – E – A – Emaj7 – F# – E/B – B – E/B – B – E – F# – B – E/B – B – E – F# – B – F# – E – F# – E – F# – …