About the chords of “Kayıp Oğlan”

“Kayıp Oğlan” by Young Bego, Khontkar is in D Major and runs at about 165 BPM, giving it a fast, energetic pace. Our analysis found 25 different chords across 96 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are Em7, Em7b5/D, D, E7.

Em7b5/D is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 20% of the 2:57 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with D → Em7b5/D → Dm → Bbmaj7 → D → Em7b5/D → Gm7 → G. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 8 main chords with 6 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — D Major sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

D – Em7b5/D – Dm – A7 – Gm – Bbmaj7 – Am – Bbmaj7 – E7/G# – Bbmaj7 – D – Gm – D – Gm – D – Gm – A – D – Gm7 – Em7b5/D – Gm – Dm – Em7b5/D – Dm – Gm7 – D6 – Gm – G – Dm6 – Gm – Em7b5/D – Gm – A – G – Dm7 – Gm6 – Dm – G6 – Dm – G7 – Dm6 – Gm7 – Dm – G7 – D – Gm – D – Gm – …

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