CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Side Effects, chord by chord.

Chords of: Side Effects by: Stray Kids. (C#maj7, Dmaj7, F#m7, F#maj7) 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 “Side Effects”

“Side Effects” by Stray Kids is in D Major and runs at about 190 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 36 different chords across 92 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#maj7, Dmaj7, F#m7, F#maj7.

Dmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 4:13 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Am → D7 → F#m → A6 → Dmaj7 → F#m → A6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 12 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
Dmaj70:5622%
F#m70:2410%
F#maj70:249%
F#0:198%
D0:198%
Dm7b50:197%
Bmaj70:115%
C#aug0:114%

Chord progression, in order

D – Am – D7 – F#m – A6 – Dmaj7 – C#aug – F#m – A6 – Dmaj7 – F#/G# – C#7 – F# – F#m7 – Amaj7 – Dmaj7 – F# – Amaj7 – F#7 – Amaj7 – C# – F#m6 – F#m7b5 – F#maj7 – Cmaj7 – Dmaj7 – F#maj7 – Dmaj7 – F#maj7 – Dmaj7 – E6 – Bm – D – C#aug – F#m7 – B/D# – Dmaj7 – C#aug – F#m7 – Ebm7b5 – Dmaj7 – C#7 – A/C# – F#m7 – Dmaj7 – C#aug – F#m7 – Abaug – …