About the chords of “Como explicarle”

“Como explicarle” by Alba Moreno is in D Major and runs at about 130 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 95 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Dmaj7, F#m7, E7, E6.

E7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 19% of the 2:31 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G6 → F#m7 → E7 → F#m7 → E7 → Dmaj7 → E6 → C#m. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

G6 – F#m7 – D – E7 – F#m7 – E7 – Dmaj7 – E6 – Bm7 – F#m – D6 – C#m – Bm – E7 – D/F# – F#m – C#m7 – Bm – E7 – F#m7 – A/C# – Dmaj7 – E7 – F#m7 – C#m7 – Dmaj7 – E – F#m – C#m7 – D6 – E6 – F#m7 – D/F# – E7 – A/E – E/D – F#m7 – Amaj7 – C#m – Dmaj7 – E6 – F#m – D/F# – E6 – D6 – E6 – B/F# – C#m7 – …

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