CHORD LIBRARY

Play along El Triste, chord by chord.

Chords of: El Triste by: José José. (D7, Cm7, Cm, Fm7) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “El Triste”

“El Triste” by José José is in C Minor and runs at about 113 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 45 different chords across 137 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D7, Cm7, Cm, Fm7.

Cm7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 10% of the 5:30 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bmaj7 → Gm6 → Cm → Eb/Bb → Ab → G7 → Cm → Fm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 10 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

ChordTime heldShare
Cm70:3410%
Cm0:288%
Fm70:278%
Fm0:268%
G70:237%
Bb70:206%
D70:196%
Gm70:175%

Chord progression, in order

Gdim – Abaug – Bmaj7 – Gm6 – Cm – Eb/Bb – Ab – G7 – Cm – Fm – Bb7 – Gm – Cm7 – Am7 – Abmaj7 – G – Cm7 – Cm – Fm6 – Bb7 – Gm7 – Cm7 – Bb – Eb/Bb – Am7 – Ab7 – F/G – G7 – Cm – B6 – Cm6 – Fm7 – Bbm7 – Gm – Cm7 – Fm – D7 – G7 – Dm7b5/C – Cm – Fm7 – Abmaj7 – F#maj7 – Bbm7 – Gm – Cm7 – Ebmaj7 – Fm – …