CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Ready for the Good Times (Official Audio), chord by chord.

Chords of: Ready for the Good Times (Official Audio) by: Shakira. (Bbaug, Bb, Gm, Cm) 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 “Ready for the Good Times (Official Audio)”

“Ready for the Good Times (Official Audio)” by Shakira is in C Minor and runs at about 121 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 140 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Bbaug, Bb, Gm, Cm.

Bb is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 18% of the 4:07 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bb → C → Gm7 → Ab7 → Gm7 → Bb6 → Ab7 → Fm7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 10 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Bb0:4418%
Gm0:3514%
Ab0:3414%
Cm0:2510%
Abmaj70:219%
C0:135%
Bb70:135%
Ab60:125%

Chord progression, in order

Ab – Gm – Bb – Ab – Gm – Bb – Ab – Gm – Bb – Ab – Gm – Bb – C – Gm7 – Bb – Ab7 – C7 – Dm7b5/C – Gm7 – Bb6 – Ab7 – Fm7 – Gm – Ab – Eb – Bb7 – Fm7 – Eb – Gm – Ab – Bb – Cm – Bb – Gm – Ab – Bb7 – Cm – Bb – Gm – Ab – Bb7 – C – G – Abmaj7 – Bb7 – Abmaj7 – Bb7 – Ab – …