About the chords of “Are You Alive”

“Are You Alive” by tripleS is in E Minor and runs at about 101 BPM, giving it a relaxed mid-tempo groove. Our analysis found 41 different chords across 138 chord changes; the ones that carry the song are E, Em, B7, Cmaj7.

E is the chord you will hold longest — roughly 16% of the 3:09 the chords were tracked for. The song opens with Eb7/G → C/D → Cmaj7 → B7 → E7 → E → Ebaug → F#m7b5/E. Play the timeline above to hear each change land in real time.

Difficulty: advanced — 6 main chords with 5 extended, altered or slash voicings. Guitarists can play it as written — E Minor sits in open-chord territory, no capo needed.

Chord frequency

Chord progression, in order

Eb7/G – C/D – Em – Ebaug – G/D – Cmaj7 – B7 – E7 – Em – Ebaug – D6 – A – Cmaj7 – B7 – E – Em – Ebmaj7 – D – A/C# – Bm – C – B – D – E – E7 – Em7 – Ebaug – D – A/C# – Cmaj7 – B7 – F#m7b5/E – Em – Ebaug – D6 – C#m7 – Cmaj7 – B7 – E – Em – Cm – D – A7/C# – Cmaj7 – B7 – Bm6 – E – Eb – …

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