About the chords of “Niet genoeg”

“Niet genoeg” by Idaly, Cho is in E Major and runs at about 93 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 34 different chords across 114 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Abm, E, Amaj7, Bmaj7.

E is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 15% of the 2:48 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Amaj7 → E → A6 → C#m → Abm7 → E6 → Amaj7 → Bmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 11 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

F# – Ab – Amaj7 – F#m7 – E – Ebm7b5/Db – Ab/Eb – E – F#m7 – Abm – A6 – B7 – E – B7/D# – C#m – F#m7 – Abm – Amaj7 – E6 – Abm7 – C#m7 – F#m – E6 – F#m – Abm7 – Amaj7 – Bmaj7 – C#m7 – B/D# – E6 – F#/A# – Abm7 – Amaj7 – Bmaj7 – C#m7 – B/D# – E – Bmaj7 – F#m – Abm7 – A – Am7 – Ebm – E – Amaj7 – Bbmaj7 – F#m7 – Abm7 – …

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