CHORD LIBRARY

Play along The Best (Live), chord by chord.

Chords of: The Best (Live) by: Tina Turner. (F#m, E, F#, C#) 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 “The Best (Live)”

“The Best (Live)” by Tina Turner is in E Major and runs at about 113 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 118 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F#m, E, F#, C#.

E is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 28% of the 4:51 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with E → C#m → A → E → C#m → A → E → C#m7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
E1:2128%
F#0:5619%
C#m0:3111%
B0:258%
C#0:248%
A0:217%
Ebm70:114%
C#m70:083%

Chord progression, in order

E – C#m – Abm – E – C#m – Eb – E – C#m – A – E – C#m – Emaj7 – E – C#m – Emaj7 – E – C#m – A – B – C6 – E – A/E – E – C#m7 – A/C# – C#m – B – E – A – E – A/E – E – C#m7 – A – C#m – B – E – C#m – Emaj7 – E – C#m – Emaj7 – C#m – A – B7 – Dmaj7 – E – A6 – …