CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Caliente, chord by chord.

Chords of: Caliente by: El Tonto. (C#maj7, Abmaj7, Abm7, B) 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 “Caliente”

“Caliente” by El Tonto is in B Major and runs at about 165 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 28 different chords across 44 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#maj7, Abmaj7, Abm7, B.

C#maj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 32% of the 2:53 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bb6 → Bmaj7 → Amaj7 → C#m7b5 → B → Dmaj7 → Abmaj7 → C#7/E#. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 2 and use A major shapes — the song stays in B Major but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
C#maj70:5632%
Abmaj70:1911%
Abm70:169%
B0:137%
Dmaj70:127%
Abm0:095%
C#7/E#0:074%
Amaj70:074%

Chord progression, in order

Bb6 – Bmaj7 – Fm – Eb/Db – D6 – Cmaj7 – Eb – Dm6 – Amaj7 – C#m7b5 – B – D/E – B – F – B – F – B – Dmaj7 – Abmaj7 – C#7/E# – Ebm7 – Abm7 – C#7 – Eb7/G – B/C# – C#maj7 – Bbm – Abmaj7 – Abm7 – Ab – F#/C# – B/C# – Bb – C#maj7 – Abm – Abmaj7 – C#7/E# – Abm7 – C#6 – Abm7 – C#7 – Eb7/G – B/C# – C#maj7