CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Purple Hat, chord by chord.

Chords of: Purple Hat by: SOFI TUKKER. (Fm7b5, E7, Bm7, E) 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 “Purple Hat”

“Purple Hat” by SOFI TUKKER is in C Major and runs at about 94 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 68 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Fm7b5, E7, Bm7, E.

E7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 26% of the 2:57 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Emaj7 → C#m → A6 → Emaj7 → Em6 → E → Fmaj7 → 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 — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
E70:4626%
E0:3118%
Bm70:2514%
Fmaj70:169%
Emaj70:106%
Em70:084%
Bmaj70:043%
A/E0:042%

Chord progression, in order

Emaj7 – C#m – A6 – Ebm7b5 – Eaug – C#7/E# – Emaj7 – Em6 – E – Fmaj7 – E7 – Fmaj7 – Emaj7 – Fmaj7 – E – Fmaj7 – E – Fmaj7 – E7 – E – Bm7b5 – E – Am – Bm7 – E – Bm7 – E – A – E7 – Bm7 – E – A – G – E7 – Bm7b5 – A/E – Em7 – Bm7 – Em – Bm7 – F#m7b5/E – Bm7 – E – Fmaj7 – E – B7 – F#7 – Fmaj7 – …