About the chords of “Cenicero”

“Cenicero” by Javiielo, Jay Wheeler is in C Major and runs at about 158 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 17 different chords across 99 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G6, Am7, C, Dm.

Am7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 23% of the 3:32 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Dm7b5 → Fmaj7 → Am → C → F → G → C → F. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 4 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Dm7b5 – Fmaj7 – F6 – Am – C – F – G – C – Am – G – Am – D – C – F – Fmaj7 – F6 – G – Am – C – Dm – F – G6 – G – C – Am – C – Dm – G6 – Am7 – Dm – Am7 – G – F6 – Am7 – D – C – D – C – Fmaj7 – G6 – C – Fmaj7 – D – C – D – Fmaj7 – Dm – Em – …

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