CHORD LIBRARY

Play along I Will Always Love You, chord by chord.

Chords of: I Will Always Love You by: Whitney Houston. (B, A, E, F#) 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 “I Will Always Love You”

“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston is in E Major and runs at about 133 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 36 different chords across 128 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are B, A, E, F#.

A is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 16% of the 4:20 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C#m7b5/B → Bm → B6 → F#maj7 → Emaj7 → F#7/A# → Bdim → F#maj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 6 main chords including 3 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
A0:4216%
E0:249%
F#0:156%
Emaj70:156%
D0:145%
B0:125%
Dmaj70:104%
Bmaj70:104%

Chord progression, in order

C#m7b5/B – Bm – Am7b5/G – B6 – F#maj7 – Emaj7 – Dmaj7 – F#7/A# – Bdim – F#maj7 – Bmaj7 – Emaj7 – Em – A – F#m7 – A/E – D – E – A – Amaj7 – F#m7 – D – E – A – Dmaj7 – C#m – A/C# – Bm7 – A/B – Bm7 – A – D/A – A6 – C#m – F#m – C#m – D – E – A – Amaj7 – F#m – E6 – Dmaj7 – E – A – F#m7 – D – E – …