About the chords of “Roots Bloody Roots”

“Roots Bloody Roots” by Sepultura is in C Major and runs at about 118 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 28 different chords across 85 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are B6, Cmaj7, C, C7.

Cmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 26% of the 3:38 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Bm6 → C7 → Cmaj7 → C → Cmaj7 → C7 → E7/G# → Fmaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 4 main chords including 3 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — C Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Bm6 – C7 – Cmaj7 – C#/G# – C – C#maj7 – C – Ab7 – C6 – C#maj7 – C/G – C#/G# – C6 – Abm6 – Cmaj7 – C7 – F – E7/G# – Fmaj7 – E7/G# – F7 – E7 – D7 – C – C#/G# – Cmaj7 – C#7 – Cmaj7 – C#m7 – C6 – C#maj7 – Cmaj7 – C#6 – C6 – C#7 – C6 – C#maj7 – B – C – B6 – Cmaj7 – B6 – Cmaj7 – B6 – C7 – Cdim – C – F – …

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