About the chords of “Austria”

“Austria” by Devito, Mike Ride is in C Major and runs at about 124 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 28 different chords across 107 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F/C, C7, Cm7, C.

C7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 18% of the 3:06 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C7 → Abmaj7 → Eb6 → F6 → Ebmaj7 → Ebm → C7 → Cm7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

C7 – Abmaj7 – Eb6 – C6 – F6 – Ab – Ebmaj7 – Ebm – Dm7b5/C – C7 – Cm7 – C7 – Ab6 – C – Ab7 – Dm7b5 – C7 – Ab7 – G7 – C – F7 – Abm7b5 – C – Abmaj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Abmaj7 – F6 – C7 – Ab7 – F/G – Cm7 – C7 – Ab7 – Gm7 – C7 – Ab7 – G7 – C – Ab7 – G7 – F7 – Cm – Fm – Cm7 – Ab6 – G7 – Cm7 – …

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