CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Wellerman - Sea Shanty, chord by chord.

Chords of: Wellerman - Sea Shanty by: Nathan Evans, the Kiffness. (C7, Ebmaj7, G, G7) 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 “Wellerman - Sea Shanty”

“Wellerman - Sea Shanty” by Nathan Evans, the Kiffness is in C Minor and runs at about 95 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 27 different chords across 100 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C7, Ebmaj7, G, G7.

C7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 19% of the 2:10 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G7 → Ab → Ebmaj7 → C7 → Abmaj7 → Cm7 → G7 → Eb. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 7 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
C70:2419%
Ab0:2015%
Eb0:1814%
Ebmaj70:118%
G0:076%
F60:075%
Fm0:064%
F70:054%

Chord progression, in order

E – G – Fm – F#maj7 – Cmaj7 – F#maj7 – C – G7 – C7 – Fm – Eb – Fm – Cmaj7 – Ab – Ebmaj7 – C – F#6 – Ab – Ebmaj7 – Fm – C – Ab – Ebmaj7 – C7 – Abmaj7 – C#6 – Cm7 – G7 – Ebmaj7 – Cm7 – Ab – Ebmaj7 – Fm – Cm – Ab – Eb – C7 – Ab7 – Eb7 – Fm7 – C7 – Cdim – Caug – Ebaug – F6 – C7 – Ab – Eb – …