About the chords of “I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (Longer Still but Not as Long as the Album Version)”
“I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (Longer Still but Not as Long as the Album Version)” by Meat Loaf is in D Major and runs at about 132 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 38 different chords across 254 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D, A, G, Bm.
D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 7:18 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with B6 → Amaj7 → D → Bm7 → D → G → A → Em7b5/D. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.
Difficulty: intermediate — 4 main chords including 1 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.
Chord frequency
| Chord | Time held | Share |
|---|
| D | 1:35 | 22% |
| G | 1:15 | 17% |
| A | 1:14 | 17% |
| Gmaj7 | 0:20 | 4% |
| Bm | 0:17 | 4% |
| A6 | 0:17 | 4% |
| A7 | 0:16 | 4% |
| Em7 | 0:14 | 3% |
Chord progression, in order
B6 – Amaj7 – D – G – A6 – Bm7 – A6 – D – E7 – D/F# – G – E7 – D/F# – A – A7 – D – G – Am – Em7b5/D – D – Dmaj7 – G – D – Gmaj7 – Am – Em7b5/D – Dmaj7 – G – Bbmaj7 – Bm – F#m – A – Gmaj7 – A – D – Gmaj7 – A – D – G – Em7 – D – Gmaj7 – A – Bbmaj7 – D – A – Dm – G – …
