About the chords of “La La”

“La La” by Mimi Mars, Marioo is in D Major and runs at about 187 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 29 different chords across 90 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are B7/D#, D6, F#m, Dmaj7.

D6 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 18% of the 2:51 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bm7 → F#m → Abm7b5/Gb → Dmaj7 → Bm7 → F#m → Dmaj7 → F#m. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 11 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Bm7 – G/B – C#m – F#m – Ab – A – Abm7b5/Gb – Dmaj7 – Bm7 – C#m – F#m – Bbm7b5/Ab – Bm6 – Dmaj7 – C#m7 – D6 – Amaj7 – Abm7b5/Gb – F#m – Em – A – Dmaj7 – C#m7 – F#m – A/B – Bm7 – C#m – Bm – A/G – Bm – F#m7 – B – F#m7 – D6 – C# – F# – F#m7 – C#7 – B7 – F# – Bm – C#m7 – F#m – D6 – C#m – D6 – F#m7 – Bm – …

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