About the chords of “Así Bailaba”

“Así Bailaba” by Rigoberta Bandini, Amaia is in D Major and runs at about 100 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 109 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#m7b5, D, Dmaj7, Bm7.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 22% of the 3:27 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → F#m → D → Dmaj7 → D/F# → Bm7 → D → Gmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 11 main chords with 10 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

D – F#m – Gmaj7 – D – Gmaj7 – D – Gmaj7 – A – G – Dmaj7 – C#dim – D/F# – Gmaj7 – D/F# – Bm7 – Em – Bm7 – Em – D – Gmaj7 – D – G – A7 – D – Em7 – A – D – G/D – A7 – D – E – A – Dmaj7 – F#m7 – Bm7 – Gmaj7 – D – C/D – D – F#m7 – Em – Bm7 – Em – Bm7 – Em – Gmaj7 – D – Gmaj7 – …

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