CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Pennies from Heaven, chord by chord.

Chords of: Pennies from Heaven by: Rod Stewart, Jools Holland. (D6, Gmaj7, D, G) 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 “Pennies from Heaven”

“Pennies from Heaven” by Rod Stewart, Jools Holland is in D Major and runs at about 155 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 53 different chords across 136 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D6, Gmaj7, D, G.

Gmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 2:57 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Ebm7 → D6 → Em → D6 → G → Gmaj7 → A7 → D6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Gmaj70:3017%
D60:179%
D0:169%
G0:106%
A70:106%
Em0:105%
Em70:084%
B70:074%

Chord progression, in order

Ebm7 – D6 – F#m7 – Fm7b5 – Em – Gmaj7 – Em – D6 – D7/F# – Gmaj7 – Em – G – C7 – C#m7b5 – Dmaj7 – Cm7b5 – B7 – D – Gmaj7 – A7 – F#m7 – D – E/F# – C#7/E# – E – Gmaj7 – A7 – G7 – D/F# – Em – D6 – C#7/E# – E – Gmaj7 – Em – C6 – D7 – Gmaj7 – Gm7b5/F – Abm7b5/Gb – C#m7 – A7 – Ebmaj7 – C#maj7 – B – D – B7 – F#m7 – …