CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Desperate, chord by chord.

Chords of: Desperate by: Radiance Acapella. (Gmaj7, C, D, F) 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 “Desperate”

“Desperate” by Radiance Acapella is in C Major and runs at about 63 BPM, giving it a slow, laid-back feel. Our analysis found 52 different chords across 209 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Gmaj7, C, D, F.

C is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 16% of the 5:57 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C → Fmaj7 → Am7 → F → C → F → C → Fmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C0:5516%
G0:278%
F0:267%
D0:267%
Em70:206%
Am70:195%
C/G0:195%
Fmaj70:185%

Chord progression, in order

F#m – C – Em7 – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – C/G – G – F – C – Dm7 – C – Fmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Am7 – C/G – G – F – C – Em7 – Fmaj7 – G – Am7 – C/G – G – F – G/D – Em7 – C – G/B – Am – C/G – C/D – F – G – C – G7/B – Em – Am7 – C – Dm7 – C – G – C – G7/B – Am7 – Gm6 – Dm7 – …