About the chords of “Turks”

“Turks” by Gunna, NAV is in C Minor and runs at about 119 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 24 different chords across 130 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C, Dm7, Cm, Ebmaj7.

Dm7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 2:40 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C → Ab → C → Dm7 → Cm → Dm7 → Cm → Ebmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 7 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Ab6 – D7 – C – Ab – D – C – Fm – Eb – D7 – Dm7 – Cm – Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – G – Cm – Gm – F – Cm – F – Cm – Fm – Gaug – F – Cm – Dm7 – Eb – Dm7 – Eb – Gm – Cm – D7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm – Cm – D – F – Cm – D7 – Fm7 – Ebmaj7 – F – Cm – Dm7 – Ebmaj7 – F7 – D – F7 – D – …

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