CHORD LIBRARY

Play along How could you?, chord by chord.

Chords of: How could you? by: Nancy Kwai. (A#, Cm7, G#, Fm7) 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 “How could you?”

“How could you?” by Nancy Kwai is in C Minor and runs at about 126 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 27 different chords across 107 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are A#, Cm7, G#, Fm7.

A# is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 12% of the 3:56 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Ddim → C#m → Cm7 → Bdim → A#m7 → D# → G#maj7 → C#. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 11 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
A#0:2912%
Cm70:2511%
G#0:2410%
Fm70:2410%
G#maj70:177%
D#0:167%
C#maj70:136%
D#/G0:135%

Chord progression, in order

Ddim – C#m – Cm7 – Bdim – A#m7 – D# – G#maj7 – C# – Cm7 – A#m7 – D# – G#maj7 – C#maj7 – Cm7 – G#/C – A#m7 – G# – Dm7 – G7 – Cm7 – D#/Bb – Fm7 – A# – D# – A# – Cm7 – D#/Bb – G# – D#/G – F#6 – A# – D# – A#/D – C#maj7 – C7 – G# – D#/G – Fm7 – A#7 – F7/A – G#maj7 – Gm7 – F#6 – Fm7 – A#7 – D# – D#7 – C#maj7 – …