Chords of: When You're Looking Like That by: Westlife. (C#, Bbm7, F#, 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.
“When You're Looking Like That” by Westlife is in Ab Minor and runs at about 148 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 23 different chords across 137 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#, Bbm7, F#, E.
C# is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 24% of the 3:50 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Emaj7 → B → E → B → Emaj7 → Bmaj7 → E → F#. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.
Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 7 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 4 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in Ab Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.
| Chord | Time held | Share |
|---|---|---|
| C# | 0:55 | 24% |
| F# | 0:32 | 14% |
| Bbm7 | 0:26 | 11% |
| Ab | 0:25 | 11% |
| B | 0:19 | 8% |
| E | 0:18 | 8% |
| Emaj7 | 0:10 | 4% |
| Bbm | 0:08 | 4% |
B6 – F#7 – Emaj7 – B – E – B – Emaj7 – Bmaj7 – B/F# – F#/E – E – F# – B – C#7/E# – F# – Emaj7 – E6 – B – F#maj7 – B/F# – E – Abm – F# – E6 – F# – C# – Bbm – F# – C# – Ab – Bbm7 – F# – C# – Ab – Bbm7 – F#6 – C# – Ab – Bbm7 – F# – C#7 – Bmaj7 – B – F# – E – B – E – B – …
