About the chords of “Pada Pada”

“Pada Pada” by Pan Savyan, Julia Kamińska is in C Major and runs at about 84 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 27 different chords across 95 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#6, Dm, C, G7.

Dm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 12% of the 3:21 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G → C → Dm7 → G7 → Cmaj7 → Am → Dm7 → G7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 10 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

D – Dm7 – Cmaj7 – G – C – A – Dm7 – Am – Dm7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Am – Dm7 – Cmaj7 – G7 – C – A – Dm – G7 – C – A – Dm – G7 – D – Cmaj7 – A – A7 – Dm – G – G6 – Dm7 – G – F/G – Cmaj7 – Am – Dm7 – Fmaj7 – G – Cmaj7 – Am – Dm – G7 – C – A – Dm – G – G6 – C – …

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