4 distinct chords · 61 changes · 3:35 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A♭
- E♭m
- G♭
- D♭
What you are playing
Chords for midnight sun [cover], laid out across its 3:35 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes D Am C G, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 midnight sun [cover] 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G♯ major | D♯A♯mC♯G♯ | |
| A major | EBmDA | |
| A♯ major | FCmD♯A♯ | |
| B major | F♯C♯mEB | |
| C major | GDmFC | |
| C♯ major | A♭E♭mG♭D♭ | |
| D major | AEmGDall open | |
| D♯ major | A♯FmG♯D♯ | |
| E major | BF♯mAE | |
| F major | CGmA♯F | |
| F♯ major | C♯G♯mBF♯ | |
| G major | DAmCGall open |
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.
