CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Enter Sandman, chord by chord.

Chords of: Enter Sandman by: Ghost. (D7, D, Dm, 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.

About the chords of “Enter Sandman”

“Enter Sandman” by Ghost is in D Major and runs at about 123 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 37 different chords across 138 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D7, D, Dm, E.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 37% of the 3:45 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Bbmaj7 → Dm → Gm → Dm → Em → Em7b5/D → Dmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 6 main chords including 1 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
D1:2437%
Em0:2411%
Dm0:199%
D70:157%
A0:105%
E0:105%
Dm70:094%
A70:052%

Chord progression, in order

D – Em7b5/D – Am – Bbmaj7 – Am – Gm – C – Dm – E7/G# – Am – Bb – Fmaj7 – Gm – Am7 – Dm – Em – Am7 – Em7b5/D – Dmaj7 – Em – A7 – Em – A – Em – D – Em – D – Ab7 – Gmaj7 – D7 – G7 – F6 – E – D – Dm – Eb – D – F6 – E7 – Fmaj7 – D – Dm – Em – D6 – Cmaj7 – A7 – D – Em – …