About the chords of “Kiwi”

“Kiwi” by Milly is in A Major and runs at about 102 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 27 different chords across 132 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are F#m7, A, Bm7, F#m.

Bm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 13% of the 3:45 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Amaj7 → E6 → Bm → B/F# → A6 → Bm → Abm7b5/Gb. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

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

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

D – F#m – B/F# – Amaj7 – E6 – Bm – B/F# – A6 – A/E – E – Bm – F# – Abm7b5/Gb – A – E7 – B – F#m7 – Bm7 – A – D/F# – B/F# – A6 – E – F#m7b5/E – D6 – F#m7 – F#m – C#m – B – C# – D6 – A – Bm – F#m7 – A – Bm – F#m7 – Bm – Dmaj7 – Bm – F#m7 – A/E – F#m7 – Bm7 – F#m – E7 – C#7 – Dmaj7 – …

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