CHORD LIBRARY

Play along The Abysmal Eye, chord by chord.

Chords of: The Abysmal Eye by: Meshuggah. (Am6, A7, A6, Am7b5) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.

About the chords of “The Abysmal Eye”

“The Abysmal Eye” by Meshuggah is in C Major and runs at about 168 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 39 different chords across 164 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Am6, A7, A6, Am7b5.

A7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 15% of the 5:04 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with F7 → Dm → F#m7b5 → Fm7 → Bbmaj7 → A7 → Bb7 → Bb6. 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 — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
A70:4515%
A60:289%
Bbmaj70:207%
Abmaj70:186%
A0:176%
Am7b50:165%
Am60:134%
Amaj70:124%

Chord progression, in order

A/E – F7 – Amaj7 – Dm – F#m7b5 – Fm7 – Bb – A6 – Bbmaj7 – A – Bbm7 – A – Bbmaj7 – Bbdim – Bb – A7 – Bb7 – A – Bb7 – A – Bbmaj7 – A – Bb6 – A6 – F#7/A# – Bb7 – C#m7b5/B – Eb7 – C/Bb – A6 – Bbm – A6 – Bbm7 – A – C# – Am – Bbm7b5 – Emaj7 – A/E – Bb – A6 – Bbaug – Ab7 – A7 – Bb – Amaj7 – Bb7 – A7 – …