CHORD LIBRARY

Play along El Niño, chord by chord.

Chords of: El Niño by: Crni Cerak. (C7, D, D7, Dmaj7) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “El Niño”

“El Niño” by Crni Cerak is in C Major and runs at about 72 BPM, giving it a slow, laid-back feel. Our analysis found 32 different chords across 61 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C7, D, D7, Dmaj7.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 23% of the 2:41 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Em7b5/D → Bbmaj7 → D7 → Cm7 → Am → D7 → Ebmaj7. 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

ChordTime heldShare
D0:3723%
D70:3622%
Dmaj70:2213%
Am0:075%
Dm70:064%
Bbmaj70:064%
Dm0:053%
Eb60:042%

Chord progression, in order

D – Daug – D – Em7b5/D – D – Bbmaj7 – Abm7b5 – Dm – Em7b5/D – Cmaj7 – D6 – D7 – C#6 – D7 – Bm7 – C6 – D7 – Cm7 – D6 – Am – Cm7 – Dmaj7 – Am – D7 – Cmaj7 – D7 – Ebmaj7 – D – Ebm7b5 – Gm – D – Gdim – Adim – D – Eb7 – D7 – C#m7b5 – Dmaj7 – D7 – Dmaj7 – Eb6 – Adim – A – Dmaj7 – Am – Fmaj7 – Dm – Am6 – …