About the chords of “Violent Storm”

“Violent Storm” by Cemetery Skyline is in C Minor and runs at about 179 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 24 different chords across 120 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, Gm7, Ebmaj7, D.

Gm7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 14% of the 4:01 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → F6 → G → Ebmaj7 → Gm7 → D → F6 → G7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 7 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 progression, in order

D – F6 – G – Ebmaj7 – Gm7 – Ebmaj7 – D – Gm7 – F7 – G7 – Ebaug – G – Gm7 – Ebmaj7 – D – G – Gm7 – Dm – G7 – Eb – G – D – F6 – G7 – Ebmaj7 – Gm7 – F6 – Ebmaj7 – D – G – Gm7 – Dm – G7 – Eb – G – Dm – Gm – Gm7 – Ebmaj7 – Cm – G – Gm – Ebmaj7 – Cm – D – F6 – G7 – Ebmaj7 – …

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