Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

Simplified chord chart for Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood (karaoke of Tracks Planet Karaoke), in G#m at 152 BPM: 5 chords instead of 17, and 22 changes instead of 80. Sevenths became triads (C#, D#, E, G#, G#m), which cuts down the shapes you have to learn. Good for playing along all the way through without stalling on a change.

KeyG#m

Tempo 152 BPM

Chord changes22

ChannelTracks Planet Karaoke

In this version the sevenths were reduced to triads, and 58 changes too short for the hand to follow were merged. A diminished chord appears as minor — that is a substitution, not an equivalence: it sounds close when you are playing along, but it is not the same chord. For the harmony as it is, use the full version.

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Diatonic chords of B

Degrees of the key
I	ii	iii	IV	V	vi	vii°
B	C#m	D#m	E	F#	G#m	A#°

Chord track

Click any chord to jump the video to that point.

Notes that make up each chord

Useful for one-note-at-a-time instruments — sax, trumpet, flute, violin: they do not play the chord, they play its notes.

Chord	Notes	Functions
C#	C# F G#	root, major third, fifth
D#	D# G A#	root, major third, fifth
E	E G# B	root, major third, fifth
G#	G# C D#	root, major third, fifth
G#m	G# B D#	root, minor third, fifth

Full chord chart with timings

The same sequence as a table, for reference or printing.

#	Time	Chord	Length
1	0:05	G#	33.7s
2	0:39	C#	3.2s
3	0:42	D#	3.2s
4	0:45	E	9.7s
5	0:55	D#	3.2s
6	0:58	E	28.8s
7	1:27	G#	6.9s
8	1:34	C#	3.2s
9	1:37	D#	3.2s
10	1:41	E	9.7s
11	1:50	D#	3.2s
12	1:53	E	9.7s
13	2:03	G#m	6.5s
14	2:10	E	2.9s
15	2:13	C#	3.6s
16	2:16	D#	6.1s
17	2:22	E	19.8s
18	2:42	D#	3.2s
19	2:45	E	9.7s
20	2:55	C#	2.8s
21	2:58	E	2.0s
22	3:00	D#	—