About the chords of “Léon”

“Léon” by Melancholia is in C Major and runs at about 183 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 18 different chords across 93 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, Cm, C, F.

G is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 29% of the 2:53 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Emaj7 → G → F → C → Ab → G → F → Cm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Emaj7 – Ebmaj7 – G – F – Fm7 – C – C#/G# – Ab – G – F – Cm – C#/G# – Abmaj7 – G – F – Cm – C – Ab – Abmaj7 – G – F – Fm7 – C – C# – C – Abmaj7 – G – Fm – Cm – C#/G# – Abmaj7 – G – C/D – Cm – C# – Abmaj7 – G – F – Fm7 – C – C#/G# – Ab – G – Fm6 – Cm – C#/G# – Ab – G – …

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