About the chords of “En Sueños”

“En Sueños” by Luis Cortés , Zaira is in F Minor and runs at about 196 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 30 different chords across 116 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are A, Fm, C#maj7, Cm7.

Fm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 3:18 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Fm → Cm → C#maj7 → Fm → Cm → C# → Eb → Fm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in F Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Fm – Cm – C#maj7 – Bb/Ab – Ab – Eb6 – Fm – Cm – C# – Ab – Eb – Fm – Cm7 – C#maj7 – Ab – Eb – Fm – Ab/C – Cm – C#maj7 – Abmaj7 – Eb7/G – Fm – Cm7 – C#maj7 – Ab – Eb – Fm – Cm7 – C#maj7 – Abmaj7 – Eb7 – Fm – Cm7 – C# – Ab6 – Eb – Fm – C#maj7 – Cm7 – C#maj7 – Abmaj7 – Eb6 – Fm – Cm7 – Ab/C – Bbm – Ab – …

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