About the chords of “Ógisslegt”

“Ógisslegt” by Skrattar is in D Major and runs at about 125 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 27 different chords across 60 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are D6, D, Dmaj7, Dm7.

D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 30% of the 3:44 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Gdim → F#7 → C#m7b5 → Amaj7 → C/G → Amaj7 → Bbmaj7 → G/D. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 3 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Gdim – F#7 – C#m7b5/B – Amaj7 – Fmaj7 – C#m7b5 – Amaj7 – C/G – Amaj7 – Bbmaj7 – G6 – Bbmaj7 – Dm7b5 – G/D – Dm7 – Dmaj7 – D – Dm7 – D – Dm7 – D – D7 – Dm – Bb – G – Dmaj7 – Bb – G – Dmaj7 – F# – F – Dmaj7 – D – Dm7 – D – Dm6 – D – Dm7 – Dm6 – Bbm – G – Dmaj7 – Bb – G6 – Dmaj7 – F# – F6 – D6 – …

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