About the chords of “Desajeitado”

“Desajeitado” by André Amaro is in E Major and runs at about 105 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 23 different chords across 87 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E, F#m, Bm, E6.

E is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 3:22 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F#m → Bm → Abm7b5/Gb → E → F#m → Bm → E → F#m. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

C# – F#m – C# – Bm – Abm7b5/Gb – E – F#m – C# – F#m – E/B – Bm – Bm7b5 – Bm6 – E6 – E – F#m – D – F#m7 – F#m – E/B – Bm7 – Bm6 – E6 – F#m – B/F# – C# – C#aug – E – Bm – E/F# – Bm7 – E – E6 – E – Dmaj7 – E – Bm – E/F# – Bm – E – C#m – E – Dmaj7 – Bm7 – E – F#m – Bm7 – Bm6 – …

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