Chords of: El Gran Varón by: Willie Colón. (Cm, Gm, F, Bb) 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.
“El Gran Varón” by Willie Colón is in C Minor and runs at about 95 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 58 different chords across 270 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Cm, Gm, F, Bb.
Gm is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 27% of the 7:20 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with G → Gm → Gmaj7 → Gm → F → Gm → F → Bb. 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 3 and use A minor shapes — the song stays in C Minor but every chord becomes an open chord.
| Chord | Time held | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gm | 1:59 | 27% |
| F | 1:25 | 19% |
| Bb | 0:24 | 5% |
| D | 0:17 | 4% |
| G | 0:17 | 4% |
| Cm | 0:14 | 3% |
| Bbmaj7 | 0:13 | 3% |
| Eb | 0:12 | 3% |
G – Gm – Gmaj7 – Gm – C/G – F – Cm7b5 – Gm – F – Bb – Eb/Bb – Bbmaj7 – A – Gm – Bb/F – F7 – Bb – Ab – Bbmaj7 – Dm – Am7b5 – Gm – Gdim – Eb/G – Bb/F – F – F6 – Eb – Bb/D – G – Dm7 – F#6 – Gm – F – A/B – Abmaj7 – Gm – Dmaj7 – Gdim – Dm7b5 – Faug – Fmaj7 – Em7 – A – Bbm – Bbmaj7 – Abmaj7 – Eb6 – …
