About the chords of “Mannippu”

“Mannippu” by Raghu Dixit is in C Major and runs at about 160 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 40 different chords across 176 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C, Gm, G, G7.

Gm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 5:28 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C#m → C/G → G7 → G → C → Gm → Gm7 → Em7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 8 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

C#m – C/G – G7 – G – C – Gm – C6 – Gm7 – Em7 – Gm – Cm – Gm – Dm7 – Gm – Eb6 – Bb6 – C7 – Dm7 – Gm – Eb6 – Gm – Eb6 – Bb/Ab – Bbm – Dm – A – G – Eb – Gm – Bbm – A – G – F – Ebmaj7 – D – Gm – Eb/G – G7 – Eb/G – G7 – Eb6 – Dm – Gm – Eb/G – Gm7 – Eb/G – Gm6 – Eb6 – …

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