CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Harvest Moon, chord by chord.

Chords of: Harvest Moon by: Neil Young. (D, G, A7, Em) 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 “Harvest Moon”

“Harvest Moon” by Neil Young is in D Major and runs at about 113 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 6 different chords across 34 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D, G, A7, Em.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 54% of the 4:56 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Em → D → Em → D → G → D → G. 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

ChordTime heldShare
D2:4154%
G1:0221%
A70:3712%
Em0:3211%
A0:041%
Em70:010%

Chord progression, in order

D – Em – D – Em – G – D – G – D – G – D – G – A7 – D – Em – Em7 – D – Em – D – G – D – G – D – G – A7 – D – G – D – G – D – A – A7 – G – A7 – D