About the chords of “夜はこれから〜The Tokyo Midnight Anthem (ON THE ROAD 2015-2016 "Journey of a Songwriter")”
“夜はこれから〜The Tokyo Midnight Anthem (ON THE ROAD 2015-2016 "Journey of a Songwriter")” by Shogo Hamada with The R, S Inspirations is in D Major and runs at about 120 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 23 different chords across 137 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, G7, D, Em.
G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 36% of the 9:00 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Em → Em7 → C/E → G → Em/G → D7 → G → G6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.
Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 1 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.
Chord frequency
| Chord | Time held | Share |
|---|
| G | 3:14 | 36% |
| G7 | 2:12 | 24% |
| D | 0:50 | 9% |
| Em | 0:36 | 7% |
| C | 0:22 | 4% |
| C7 | 0:19 | 3% |
| Bm | 0:16 | 3% |
| D7 | 0:15 | 3% |
Chord progression, in order
Em – Em7 – C/E – G – Em/G – D7 – G – C – G – G6 – G – Em/G – C/G – G – Em/G – C – G – Em – Bm – Em – A – D – G – D – Em – C – D – G – D – Em – C – D – C/G – D – Bm – Em – D – G – D – Em – C – D – G – D – G – G7 – G – C – …
