About the chords of “Adem”

“Adem” by Maan, -- is in E Minor and runs at about 98 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 32 different chords across 90 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Gmaj7, Em7, Em, Cmaj7.

Em is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 20% of the 3:38 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Em → Cmaj7 → Gmaj7 → Bm7 → Am7 → G → B7 → Cmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 9 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

F#7 – Em – Cmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Bm7 – Em – Am7 – G – B7 – Em – B7 – Cmaj7 – Gmaj7 – Em – Gmaj7 – Em – Bm7 – Em – Cmaj7 – Gmaj7 – D6 – Am6 – D – G6 – D/A – E/B – B7 – Em7 – Em – D6 – Em – Cmaj7 – G/D – Cmaj7 – Em – E6 – Cmaj7 – C#7/E# – Cmaj7 – Em6 – C – Dmaj7 – Fm – Em7 – Gmaj7 – Cmaj7 – D6 – Em7 – …

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