CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Spice Up Your Life, chord by chord.

Chords of: Spice Up Your Life by: Spice Girls. (Emaj7, Fm, C, C7) 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 “Spice Up Your Life”

“Spice Up Your Life” by Spice Girls is in C Major and runs at about 124 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 26 different chords across 128 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Emaj7, Fm, C, C7.

Fm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 33% of the 2:45 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F#m7b5/E → Fm → C → Fm → C7/E → Fm → C → Fm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 5 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
Fm0:5433%
C0:3018%
C70:2716%
C7/E0:127%
C60:085%
C#maj70:053%
Em60:032%
C/G0:032%

Chord progression, in order

F#m7b5/E – Fm – C7 – C – Fm – C7/E – Fm – C – Fm – C7/E – Fm – C# – C7 – Em6 – C – F – C# – C – Fm – C#m – C/G – Em6 – C#maj7 – C – Fm – C# – C7 – Em6 – C#maj7 – C – Fmaj7 – C#/G# – C6 – F – C#maj7 – C – Fm – Gm7b5/F – C7 – Fm – C7/E – Fm – C7 – Fm – C7/E – Fm – C7 – C – …