CHORD LIBRARY

Play along La Despedida, chord by chord.

Chords of: La Despedida by: Daddy Yankee. (F6, Dm, Dm7, D) 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 “La Despedida”

“La Despedida” by Daddy Yankee is in D Minor and runs at about 122 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 24 different chords across 182 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F6, Dm, Dm7, D.

Dm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 31% of the 4:02 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D7 → Bbm6 → Abm7b5/Gb → D → Dm → D → Dm → Dm7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Dm1:1531%
Bb0:3314%
C0:3313%
Bbmaj70:229%
D0:146%
Dm70:125%
Abm7b5/Gb0:104%
C60:083%

Chord progression, in order

D7 – C7 – Bbm6 – Abm7b5/Gb – Bb – C – D – Am – Bb – C – Dm – Bb – C – Dm – Bbmaj7 – C6 – Dm – Bb – C – Dm – Bb – C – D – Bbmaj7 – C – Dm – Bbaug – C – Dm – Bb – C – Dm7 – Bb – C7 – Dm – Bb – Cmaj7 – Dm – C6 – Bb – Am – Dm – Bb – C – Dm – Bbmaj7 – C6 – Dm – …