About the chords of “Pollito Amarillito”

“Pollito Amarillito” by Gallina Pintadita is in D Major and runs at about 143 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 38 different chords across 99 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Emaj7, D, F#, A.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 26% of the 1:42 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Em7b5 → D → A → D → A → F# → Dmaj7. 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 — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

D – Em7b5 – A7 – C#m7 – D – Em7 – A7 – Ebmaj7 – A – B – C – C#maj7 – D – A – G – A6 – Dm – Abm7 – Em – A7 – D – A – Cmaj7 – C# – D – A – Gmaj7 – A – D – Bm – Am – Em – A7 – D – C6 – G/D – A7 – Em – F# – A/E – B – A – Dmaj7 – Am – G/D – A/E – F# – E/B – …

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