About the chords of “Paka Permit”

“Paka Permit” by Benzema, Murasta is in C Major and runs at about 84 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 26 different chords across 111 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, Gm, Cm, C.

Gm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 3:31 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Eb/G → Gm → G → C → G → Dm7b5 → G → Gm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 4 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Eb/G – Gm – Cm – Dm – G – Gm – C7 – D – C – G – C – Cm – D7 – G – Gdim – C – Cm – Bm7 – G – C – Dm7b5 – G – Dm7b5/C – Cm – G – Gm – Cm – D – Gm – Gdim – D/A – C – D7 – Gm – Cm – Gm – Cm – Dm – Am7b5/G – G – Cm – Gm – Cm – Gm – C – Dm7 – G – Gm7 – …

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