About the chords of “Tip Toe”

“Tip Toe” by Crush, -- is in Gb Minor and runs at about 90 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 36 different chords across 118 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Abmaj7, Dm7, Dm, Am7.

Dm7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 16% of the 3:00 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F/G → C/D → F6 → C/D → Bbmaj7 → Dm7 → Am7 → Dm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 2 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in Gb Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

F/G – Bbm6 – C/D – D6 – F6 – Cm7 – Aaug – C/D – D – Bbmaj7 – Aaug – Dm7 – A7 – Am7 – D7 – Dm – A – Dm – D – F6 – E7 – Aaug – Am7 – Dm7 – Bbm6 – Am7 – F – G/A – F/C – Bbm6 – Aaug – Dm7 – Bbm6 – Am7 – F – Bbm6 – F – D7 – F/G – C/G – Dm7 – C – Gm7 – C – Gm – F/G – Dm7 – C – …

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