About the chords of “Bus Stop”

“Bus Stop” by Leellamarz, meenoi is in D Major and runs at about 130 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 31 different chords across 136 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Em, D, E7, Gm6.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 2:58 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Gmaj7 → Gm6 → D → G6 → D → Em7 → Gmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 9 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

D – Dmaj7 – Am – Dmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Gm6 – D/F# – Bm – B7 – D – Em7 – D/F# – Gmaj7 – Em7 – D – Am – Amaj7 – G6 – Gdim – Gm6 – F# – D – Em7 – Dmaj7 – D6 – Am6 – Gmaj7 – Gm6 – F#m7 – D – Em7 – F#m7 – D/F# – G6 – D6 – Dmaj7 – Am6 – D/A – Gmaj7 – D6 – Gm6 – F#m7 – Bm7 – Em7 – D/F# – Gmaj7 – E – A6 – …

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