CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Good News, chord by chord.

Chords of: Good News by: Mac Miller. (Fmaj7, C#m, E, A) 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 “Good News”

“Good News” by Mac Miller is in E Major and runs at about 87 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 53 different chords across 266 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Fmaj7, C#m, E, A.

C#m is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 20% of the 6:30 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C/G → Gmaj7 → Emaj7 → C#m → A → C#m → E → C#m. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C#m1:1820%
E0:4913%
A0:4010%
Amaj70:256%
Em60:205%
Emaj70:174%
Ab70:164%
Fmaj70:133%

Chord progression, in order

C/G – Ab7 – Gmaj7 – Emaj7 – Ab/Eb – C#m – Bmaj7 – F#m – A – C#m – Edim – E – Ebm6 – C#m – C#m7b5/B – A – C#m – Em6 – Edim – Emaj7 – Ab/Eb – C#m – Ebmaj7 – E/B – F# – A – Fm7b5/Eb – F#/C# – C#m – Edim – Emaj7 – Ebm6 – C#m – Bmaj7 – A6 – F7/A – Amaj7 – C#m – Em6 – Eb – Emaj7 – Ab7 – C#m – Baug – A6 – Amaj7 – C#dim – E – …