About the chords of “Mi viejo”

“Mi viejo” by Piero is in C Major and runs at about 149 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 56 different chords across 121 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E, Fm, C7, Gm7b5.

Fm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 11% of the 4:33 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Caug → Fmaj7 → Amaj7 → Abaug → Em → Fm → Cmaj7 → E/F#. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 6 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

Fmaj7 – Caug – Fmaj7 – Am – Amaj7 – Abaug – Em – F#m – Fm – Cmaj7 – E/F# – Bbmaj7 – Abm7 – A7 – Bmaj7 – Amaj7 – Gmaj7 – Ebm6 – Em – Eb – C#m7 – F – B – Ebmaj7 – Abaug – Gmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abaug – F#aug – Gm – B – Eb – C#/D# – Ab – Emaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Abaug – Abm – Eb – Abm – Gmaj7 – Cmaj7 – Abm7 – D/F# – Fmaj7 – Cdim – Bmaj7 – …

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