About the chords of “Foreign”

“Foreign” by Simi, Falz is in E Minor and runs at about 111 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 89 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Em, A6, Am7, F#m7b5/E.

Em is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 56% of the 2:55 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Em → A6 → Bmaj7 → Am7 → A6 → F#m7b5/E → A6 → Em. 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 — E Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Em – A6 – Bmaj7 – A/E – Am7 – Bm7 – Em – A6 – B6 – A/E – C#7 – Edim – A7 – F#m7b5/E – A6 – Em – A6 – F#m7b5/E – Bm7b5/A – C#m7 – Em – Am7 – C#m7b5/B – Emaj7 – Am7 – Bdim – Em – Am7 – Em – A7 – Em – Am6 – G6 – A/B – Em – Am6 – Gmaj7 – A/B – Em – A7 – Gmaj7 – A/B – Em – A – Am7b5 – Bm7 – Em – Am7 – …

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