Chords of: Brown Eyed Girl by: Van Morrison. (Gmaj7, G, D7, 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.
“Brown Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison is in C Major and runs at about 76 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 33 different chords across 138 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Gmaj7, G, D7, C.
G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 23% of the 3:02 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Gmaj7 → Cmaj7 → G → D6 → Gmaj7 → D → Gmaj7 → D. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.
Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.
| Chord | Time held | Share |
|---|---|---|
| G | 0:41 | 23% |
| C | 0:34 | 19% |
| Gmaj7 | 0:32 | 17% |
| D7 | 0:17 | 9% |
| D | 0:16 | 9% |
| Cmaj7 | 0:07 | 4% |
| Em | 0:06 | 3% |
| D6 | 0:04 | 2% |
F# – Gmaj7 – C – F#m7b5 – G – Am7b5/G – Bm7 – C#m7b5 – D – Bm – Faug – G – D7/F# – G – C – F#m7b5 – G – Am7b5/G – Bm7 – C#m7b5 – D – G7 – F#m – G – Cmaj7 – G – D6 – Gmaj7 – C – Gmaj7 – D – Gmaj7 – C – Gmaj7 – A7/C# – D – G – C – Gmaj7 – D – Bm7 – C – D7 – Gmaj7 – Em – C – D – G – …
