CHORD LIBRARY

Play along Carmela, chord by chord.

Chords of: Carmela by: The Party Band. (C#maj7, Fm, C) 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.

About the chords of “Carmela”

“Carmela” by The Party Band is in F Minor and runs at about 155 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 15 different chords across 120 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are C#maj7, Fm, C.

Fm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 39% of the 1:58 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Fm → C → Fm → C#maj7 → C → Fm. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 3 main chords including 2 extended or barre voicings. Guitar tip: put a capo on fret 1 and use E minor shapes — the song stays in F Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.

Chord frequency

ChordTime heldShare
Fm0:4639%
C0:2924%
Bbm0:2824%
C#maj70:044%
C#0:022%
Bbm70:021%
C70:021%
Caug0:011%

Chord progression, in order

C – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C6 – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm7 – C7 – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – C# – Bbm – C – C# – Bbm – C – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – Fm – Bbm – C – …