About the chords of “Panta Rhei”

“Panta Rhei” by Wroobel, ReTo is in E Major and runs at about 124 BPM, giving it an upbeat, driving pulse. Our analysis found 24 different chords across 59 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E, Em, Em7, E7.

Em is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 45% of the 3:01 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with E → Em → E → Em → E → Cmaj7 → B → Emaj7. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: intermediate — 5 main chords including 3 extended or barre voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Em – A – Em – E – Em – A – Em – E – Em – E – Cmaj7 – A – G – B – Bbm7b5/Ab – Em – Amaj7 – Cmaj7 – Emaj7 – Cmaj7 – Bmaj7 – A7 – Em – A – C – C#m7b5/B – Em7 – D – Em7 – A – Em – E7 – Em – E – Em – E – Em7 – F#m7 – Am7b5/G – Emaj7 – Em7 – Am – G6 – E7 – C – Em – Gmaj7 – D – …

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