About the chords of “Afilando los cuchillos”

“Afilando los cuchillos” by iLe, Residente, Bad Bunny is in C Minor and runs at about 90 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 47 different chords across 113 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D7/F#, Bbmaj7, D7, Dmaj7.

D7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 15% of the 5:19 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Fm → C7 → C#maj7 → C → Ebmaj7 → Am6 → C6 → Ebmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 8 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

Fm – D7 – A – Bb6 – Am7 – Bb – C7 – C#maj7 – C – Ebmaj7 – C – Am6 – Bb – Am6 – Bbm6 – C6 – Ebmaj7 – D7 – Bbmaj7 – D7 – Fmaj7 – D7 – Amaj7 – Bb6 – Bbmaj7 – Amaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Ab – Bbmaj7 – B7/D# – Am7 – Bbm – Dm6 – D6 – C7 – D6 – Cmaj7 – C#maj7 – D6 – Bbmaj7 – Cmaj7 – D6 – Daug – Fmaj7 – D6 – Cmaj7 – Bmaj7 – Dm7 – …

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