About the chords of “Smile (Living My Best Life) (feat. Ball Greezy, Snoop Dogg & Midnight Star)”
“Smile (Living My Best Life) (feat. Ball Greezy, Snoop Dogg & Midnight Star)” by Ball Greezy, Snoop Dogg, Midnight Star, Lil Duval is in C Minor and runs at about 197 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 31 different chords across 87 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Eb/Db, Abmaj7, Ebmaj7, Cm7.
Abmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 3:54 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with E7 → Amaj7 → Eb → G7 → Ebmaj7 → Abmaj7 → Dm7 → Ebmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.
Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 12 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.
Chord frequency
| Chord | Time held | Share |
|---|
| Abmaj7 | 0:52 | 22% |
| Ebmaj7 | 0:28 | 12% |
| Cm7 | 0:17 | 7% |
| E7 | 0:15 | 6% |
| G7 | 0:14 | 6% |
| Bb6 | 0:14 | 6% |
| Eb/Db | 0:12 | 5% |
| Dm7 | 0:11 | 5% |
Chord progression, in order
Dmaj7 – E7 – Amaj7 – Eb – Abmaj7 – G7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Abm – Dm7 – Bbm6 – Abmaj7 – Gaug – Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – Dm7 – Eb6 – G7 – Dm7b5 – Ebmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Cm7 – Eb7 – Bb7/D – Eb/Bb – F6 – Bb7 – Abmaj7 – Bb6 – Abmaj7 – Gm7 – Abmaj7 – Gaug – Bb/D – Abmaj7 – G7 – Ebmaj7 – Dm7 – Eb/Db – Ebmaj7 – Abm6 – Dm6 – Abmaj7 – Gm – Abmaj7 – G7 – …
