9 distinct chords · 64 changes · 3:30 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- C♯m
- F♯m
- Bm
- A
- E
- C♯
- F♯
- B
What you are playing
Chords for Love Is Thicker Than Water • TopPop, laid out across its 3:30 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C Bm Em Am G D B E A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 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 Love Is Thicker Than Water • TopPop 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 | Key | Chords |
|---|---|---|
| C♯ minor | AG♯mC♯mF♯mEBG♯C♯F♯ | |
| D minor | A♯AmDmGmFCADG | |
| D♯ minor | BA♯mD♯mG♯mF♯C♯A♯D♯G♯ | |
| E minor | CBmEmAmGDBEA | |
| F minor | C♯CmFmA♯mG♯D♯CFA♯ | |
| F♯ minor | DC♯mF♯mBmAEC♯F♯B | |
| G minor | D♯DmGmCmA♯FDGC | |
| G♯ minor | ED♯mG♯mC♯mBF♯D♯G♯C♯ | |
| A minor | FEmAmDmCGEAD | |
| A♯ minor | F♯FmA♯mD♯mC♯G♯FA♯D♯ | |
| B minor | GF♯mBmEmDAF♯BE | |
| C minor | G♯GmCmFmD♯A♯GCF |
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.
