CHORD LIBRARY

Play along How Will I Know (Official Video), chord by chord.

Chords of: How Will I Know (Official Video) by: Whitney Houston, Clean Bandit. (Gm7, C#6, C#, Bmaj7) 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 “How Will I Know (Official Video)”

“How Will I Know (Official Video)” by Whitney Houston, Clean Bandit is in D Major and runs at about 119 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 28 different chords across 152 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Gm7, C#6, C#, Bmaj7.

C#6 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 3:36 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Gmaj7 → F6 → C# → Ebm7 → C#6 → C# → C#6 → C#. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 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
C#60:3617%
C#0:3315%
Ebm0:2512%
Bmaj70:2411%
Ebm70:167%
F#0:157%
Bb70:126%
Abm70:126%

Chord progression, in order

Gmaj7 – F6 – Ebm7 – B6 – C# – Daug – Ebm7 – B6 – C# – Ebm7 – B6 – C#6 – Ebm – Bmaj7 – C#6 – Ebm – F# – C# – Ebm – B – C#6 – Ebm – B – C#6 – Ebm – Bmaj7 – C#6 – Ebm – Bmaj7 – C#6 – Ebm – B – C# – Ebmaj7 – Abm7 – F# – Bb7 – Bmaj7 – C# – Bbm7 – Ebm – B6 – C# – Bb – Ebm – Bmaj7 – C#6 – Bb – …