CHORD LIBRARY

Play along For Coloured Girls, chord by chord.

Chords of: For Coloured Girls by: YoungstaCPT. (Ab, Amaj7, E, F#m) 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 “For Coloured Girls”

“For Coloured Girls” by YoungstaCPT is in E Major and runs at about 129 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 32 different chords across 137 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Ab, Amaj7, E, F#m.

Amaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 33% of the 3:29 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F#m7 → Faug → Bmaj7 → Amaj7 → Ebm7b5/Db → Amaj7 → F#m → Amaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 9 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
Amaj71:0833%
F#m0:178%
E0:157%
C#m0:147%
Ebm7b5/Db0:126%
Ab0:115%
Abm0:105%
F#/C#0:095%

Chord progression, in order

F#m7 – Faug – Bmaj7 – Amaj7 – Ebm7b5/Db – Ab – Amaj7 – Ebm7b5/Db – Abm – Amaj7 – F#m – Abm – Amaj7 – Ebm7b5/Db – Amaj7 – F#/C# – C#/G# – Amaj7 – Ebm7b5/Db – Ab – Aaug – C#m7 – F#/C# – Abm – Amaj7 – C#m7b5 – F#m – B – Amaj7 – Em7b5/D – Bbm7b5 – Amaj7 – Ebm7b5/Db – Abm – Amaj7 – A/C# – Ab – Amaj7 – C#maj7 – F# – Amaj7 – A7/C# – Ab – Amaj7 – C#m – Abmaj7 – Aaug – C#m7 – …