Chords of: Happy Birthday by: Tempo, El Alfa. (G, Abmaj7, C, C7) are the main chords of the song. The chords are displayed instantly in real-time with a YouTube player, four synced views, instrument diagrams, loop practice and a built-in vocal-remover mixer.
“Happy Birthday” by Tempo, El Alfa is in C Minor and runs at about 122 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 29 different chords across 89 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are G, Abmaj7, C, C7.
Abmaj7 is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 25% of the 2:33 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G → Abmaj7 → C7 → C → Ebmaj7 → Cm7 → Cm → G. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.
Difficulty: advanced — 7 main chords with 7 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.
| Chord | Time held | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Abmaj7 | 0:39 | 25% |
| C | 0:15 | 10% |
| Eb | 0:14 | 9% |
| Ebmaj7 | 0:10 | 7% |
| C7 | 0:09 | 6% |
| Gm7 | 0:08 | 5% |
| G | 0:08 | 5% |
| Cm | 0:06 | 4% |
G – Abmaj7 – Caug – Eb – Gm7 – C7 – Eb – Gm7 – C7 – Eb – Gm7 – C – Ebmaj7 – G – C – Ebmaj7 – Cm – Ab/C – Ebaug – Ddim – G/D – Cm7 – Ebaug – Cm – G – Cm – Abmaj7 – Ab/C – Abm – Dmaj7 – Ddim – Ab/C – Abmaj7 – Dm7b5/C – Ebmaj7 – Gm7 – C7 – Eb – Bb/D – Bb/C – C6 – Ebmaj7 – C – Ebaug – G/D – Abmaj7 – Ebmaj7 – Dm7b5 – …
