13 distinct chords · 113 changes · 5:40 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- Bm
- G
- Em
- A
- B
- D♯
- G♯
- C♯m
- F♯
- D♯m
- Cm
- A♯
What you are playing
Chords for Life In A Metro, laid out across its 5:40 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C Am F Dm G A C♯ F♯ Bm E C♯m A♯m G♯, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 13 chords is a plain triad, so three notes under the right hand covers the whole song.
Play it in another key
The same song, moved. Every row is Life In A Metro shifted by that many semitones — useful when the recording sits too high or too low for your voice. The chords keep their relationships, so the song is unchanged apart from its pitch.
| Shift | Chords |
|---|---|
| AF♯mDBmEF♯A♯D♯G♯mC♯A♯mGmF | |
| A♯GmD♯CmFGBEAmDBmG♯mF♯ | |
| BG♯mEC♯mF♯G♯CFA♯mD♯CmAmG | |
| CAmFDmGAC♯F♯BmEC♯mA♯mG♯ | |
| C♯A♯mF♯D♯mG♯A♯DGCmFDmBmA | |
| DBmGEmABD♯G♯C♯mF♯D♯mCmA♯ | |
| D♯CmG♯FmA♯CEADmGEmC♯mB | |
| EC♯mAF♯mBC♯FA♯D♯mG♯FmDmC | |
| FDmA♯GmCDF♯BEmAF♯mD♯mC♯ | |
| F♯D♯mBG♯mC♯D♯GCFmA♯GmEmD | |
| GEmCAmDEG♯C♯F♯mBG♯mFmD♯ | |
| G♯FmC♯A♯mD♯FADGmCAmF♯mE |
On a guitar there is a shortcut in one direction: transpose down by n and put a capo on fret n, and you are back at the original pitch while playing the easier shapes. That is what the capo line above is doing.
