About the chords of “OMDB”

“OMDB” by Malik Montana, Szamz is in C Minor and runs at about 76 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 27 different chords across 59 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Eb, Ebmaj7, C, Cm.

Ebmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 2:51 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G → Cm → Ebmaj7 → F6 → Eb7 → F6 → C → F6. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 10 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

Chord progression, in order

G – Cm – Fmaj7 – Emaj7 – Gmaj7 – Cm – Ebmaj7 – F6 – Am7b5/G – Eb7 – F6 – C – F6 – Cm – F – Fm7 – C – Abmaj7 – F – Abmaj7 – Fm7 – G6 – Abmaj7 – Caug – F – Ebmaj7 – D7 – Am7b5/G – Ebmaj7 – C# – Cm7 – Dmaj7 – G6 – Ebmaj7 – Emaj7 – Cm7 – C – Fmaj7 – Emaj7 – Cm7 – F6 – Am7b5/G – F – C – Faug – G7 – C#maj7 – Caug – …

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