CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Understand, chord by chord.

Chords of: Understand by: Omah Lay. (Dm, Bbmaj7, Gm, Bb6) 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 “Understand”

“Understand” by Omah Lay is in D Minor and runs at about 100 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 23 different chords across 103 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Dm, Bbmaj7, Gm, Bb6.

Bbmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 29% of the 2:51 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bbmaj7 → Ddim → Bbmaj7 → Dm → Bbmaj7 → Dm → D → Gm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 5 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Bbmaj70:4929%
Dm0:4426%
C60:127%
Gm0:106%
Caug0:085%
Bb60:064%
F60:064%
C0:063%

Chord progression, in order

Ddim – Caug – Bbmaj7 – Caug – Ddim – C – Bbmaj7 – Caug – Dm – E7/G# – Dm7b5 – C – E – Bbmaj7 – Gm – D – E – Dm – Caug – Em7b5 – D – Gm – E – Dm – C7 – Bbmaj7 – C6 – Dm – Fm6 – C6 – Bbmaj7 – C6 – Dm – G/D – F6 – C – Bbmaj7 – Gm – Bbmaj7 – Caug – Dm – G/D – F6 – C6 – Bbmaj7 – Caug – Dm – Dm7b5 – …