13 distinct chords · 72 changes · 3:52 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- G
- Em
- C
- A
- Dm
- C♯
- Gm
- Bm
- B
- E
- F♯m
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for Cuento Que te Canto - 02 - Elmer, laid out across its 3:52 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. 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 Cuento Que te Canto - 02 - Elmer 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A major | ADBmGEAmG♯DmF♯mF♯BC♯mEm | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯CmG♯FA♯mAD♯mGmGCDmFm | |
| B major | BEC♯mAF♯BmA♯EmG♯mG♯C♯D♯mF♯m | |
| C major | CFDmA♯GCmBFmAmADEmGm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯D♯mBG♯C♯mCF♯mA♯mA♯D♯FmG♯m | |
| D major | DGEmCADmC♯GmBmBEF♯mAm | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯FmC♯A♯D♯mDG♯mCmCFGmA♯m | |
| E major | EAF♯mDBEmD♯AmC♯mC♯F♯G♯mBm | |
| F major | FA♯GmD♯CFmEA♯mDmDGAmCm | |
| F♯ major | F♯BG♯mEC♯F♯mFBmD♯mD♯G♯A♯mC♯m | |
| G major | GCAmFDGmF♯CmEmEABmDm | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯A♯mF♯D♯G♯mGC♯mFmFA♯CmD♯m |
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.
