About the chords of “Lífsins lag”

“Lífsins lag” by Einar Bragi is in A Minor and runs at about 120 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 175 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Am, Dm7, E7, E.

Am is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 16% of the 4:17 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G/A → Am → Fmaj7 → E7 → Am → Am7 → Dm7 → Eaug. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 6 main chords including 3 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — A Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

A – G/A – A – Dm – Am – Fmaj7 – E7 – Am – Am7 – Dm7 – Eaug – Am – E7/G# – C/G – F#m7b5 – Dm7 – E7 – Am7 – G – Am7 – E7/G# – Dm7 – Eaug – E7 – Am – Abaug – Abdim – G6 – F#m7b5 – Dm7 – E7 – Am – G/A – Am7 – Dm7 – E – Am – G – F – Em – C6 – Dm – E – Am7 – Em7 – F/G – Am – Dm – …

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