CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) (Official Video), chord by chord.

Chords of: Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) (Official Video) by: Pentatonix. (E, B, A, Abm7) 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 “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) (Official Video)”

“Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) (Official Video)” by Pentatonix is in E Major and runs at about 151 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 33 different chords across 139 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E, B, A, Abm7.

E is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 40% of the 4:35 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with E → Emaj7 → E → A → E → C#m → A → E. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
E1:5040%
B0:259%
Amaj70:135%
Abm70:135%
C#m70:124%
A0:124%
C#m0:104%
Ebm70:083%

Chord progression, in order

E – F#7 – E – C#m – E – Emaj7 – Em – E – A – B – A – E – C#m – B – A – E – C#m7 – E/G# – B/A – E – Bmaj7 – A6 – Abm7 – C#m7 – B6 – E – Amaj7 – B/A – Abm7 – C#m7 – B – Amaj7 – E – B – E/G# – Amaj7 – Bmaj7 – Abm7 – C#m – Abm – F#m – C#m7 – B – E – B – E – F#m7 – E/G# – …