About the chords of “When the Levee Breaks (feat. Ben Lee, Buffalo Nichols, Davey Chegwidden, Derek Trucks, Drums Of The Pacific, Jason Tamba, Keith Secola, Mihirangi, Nakeiltha Campbell, Pete Sands, Sebastian Robertson, Sikiru Adepoju, Susan Tedeschi & Stephen Perkins)”

“When the Levee Breaks (feat. Ben Lee, Buffalo Nichols, Davey Chegwidden, Derek Trucks, Drums Of The Pacific, Jason Tamba, Keith Secola, Mihirangi, Nakeiltha Campbell, Pete Sands, Sebastian Robertson, Sikiru Adepoju, Susan Tedeschi & Stephen Perkins)” by Ben Lee, Buffalo Nichols, Davey Chegwidden, Derek Trucks, Drums Of The Pacific, Jason Tamba, Keith Secola, Mihirangi, Nakeiltha Campbell, Pete Sands, Sebastian Robertson, Sikiru Adepoju, Susan Tedeschi, Stephen Perkins, John Paul Jones is in F Minor and runs at about 140 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 36 different chords across 147 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Fdim, F, C#, Fm.

F is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 44% of the 5:41 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F → Bb/F → F → Bb/F → Fm → F → Fm → Cm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in F Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

F – Bb/F – F – Bb/F – Fm – Bbm – Fm7 – F – Fm – Cm – Fm – F7 – F – Fm – F7 – Fm – Fm7b5 – Eb6 – F/C – C# – Eb – Ab6 – F – Ab – F – C# – Eb – Ab6 – F – Fm7 – Fmaj7 – F – Bbmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Fm7 – Fmaj7 – F – Fmaj7 – F7 – Fm – Fmaj7 – F – Fm – F – F7 – C# – Eb – Ab6 – …

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