9 distinct chords · 108 changes · 4:36 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Gm
- G
- D♯
- C
- Dm
- D
- Cm
- A♯
- F
What you are playing
Chords for Do I Wanna Know?, laid out across its 4:36 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes Em E C A Bm B Am G D, 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 Do I Wanna Know? 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 |
|---|---|
| DmDA♯GAmAGmFC | |
| D♯mD♯BG♯A♯mA♯G♯mF♯C♯ | |
| EmECABmBAmGD | |
| FmFC♯A♯CmCA♯mG♯D♯ | |
| F♯mF♯DBC♯mC♯BmAE | |
| GmGD♯CDmDCmA♯F | |
| G♯mG♯EC♯D♯mD♯C♯mBF♯ | |
| AmAFDEmEDmCG | |
| A♯mA♯F♯D♯FmFD♯mC♯G♯ | |
| BmBGEF♯mF♯EmDA | |
| CmCG♯FGmGFmD♯A♯ | |
| C♯mC♯AF♯G♯mG♯F♯mEB |
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.
