About the chords of “Wakiuliza”

“Wakiuliza” by Fathermoh, Collo Blue is in E Major and runs at about 102 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 22 different chords across 73 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Ab, Emaj7, E, E6.

Emaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 26% of the 3:12 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C#m7 → Emaj7 → B → E → E6 → E → Emaj7 → E6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 5 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

C#m7 – B6 – C#m7 – Emaj7 – B – C#maj7 – E – B – E6 – F#/E – Bmaj7 – E – A6 – E – F# – Emaj7 – F# – E6 – B – E – Bmaj7 – E – F#7 – B7 – C#m7 – B – Emaj7 – F#7 – E – B6 – Emaj7 – F#/E – B7 – C#maj7 – E – F#/E – Bmaj7 – E – A6 – E – F#7/A# – E – F#m6 – E – F# – E6 – Emaj7 – B7 – …

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