About the chords of “Raíces”

“Raíces” by RECYCLEDJ, Delaossa is in Eb Major and runs at about 95 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 36 different chords across 156 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Gm, Bbm7, Eb, Abm7.

Bbm7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 17% of the 3:52 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with C# → C#6 → C# → Bbm7 → Eb → Ebm → C#6 → Ebm7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 11 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use D major shapes — the song stays in Eb Major but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Ebm – C# – Abm – Bbm7 – Ebm – C#6 – Abm7 – Bbm7 – Ebm – C# – Abm7 – Bbm7 – Abm – Bbm7 – Eb – Ebm – C#6 – Ebm – Bbm7 – Ebm7 – Bbm7 – Eb – Ebm – C# – Ebm – Abmaj7 – Ebm – Gm7b5 – Ebm – Abm7 – C# – Ab/Bb – Abmaj7 – Bbm7 – Eb – Ebm6 – C#7 – F#6 – Ab7 – Abm6 – B – C#7 – Bmaj7 – Ab6 – Abm7 – Bbm7 – Bmaj7 – Ab7 – …

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