13 distinct chords · 107 changes · 2:49 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭
- F
- C
- Cm
- E♭
- Gm
- G♭
- B
- A♭m
- E
- D♭m
- D♭
- A
What you are playing
Chords for A Summer Place, laid out across its 2:49 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes G D A Am C Em D♯ G♯ Fm C♯ A♯m A♯ F♯, 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 A Summer Place 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 |
|---|---|
| FCGGmA♯DmC♯F♯D♯mBG♯mG♯E | |
| F♯C♯G♯G♯mBD♯mDGEmCAmAF | |
| GDAAmCEmD♯G♯FmC♯A♯mA♯F♯ | |
| G♯D♯A♯A♯mC♯FmEAF♯mDBmBG | |
| AEBBmDF♯mFA♯GmD♯CmCG♯ | |
| B♭FCCmE♭GmG♭BA♭mED♭mD♭A | |
| BF♯C♯C♯mEG♯mGCAmFDmDA♯ | |
| CGDDmFAmG♯C♯A♯mF♯D♯mD♯B | |
| C♯G♯D♯D♯mF♯A♯mADBmGEmEC | |
| DAEEmGBmA♯D♯CmG♯FmFC♯ | |
| D♯A♯FFmG♯CmBEC♯mAF♯mF♯D | |
| EBF♯F♯mAC♯mCFDmA♯GmGD♯ |
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.
