6 distinct chords · 64 changes · 3:20 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B
- E
- C♯m
- G♯m
- F♯
- C♯
What you are playing
Chords for Stay // Honestly, laid out across its 3:20 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in B major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes G C Am Em D A, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 6 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 Stay // Honestly 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 |
|---|---|---|
| F♯ major | F♯BG♯mD♯mC♯G♯ | |
| G major | GCAmEmDAall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯A♯mFmD♯A♯ | |
| A major | ADBmF♯mEB | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯CmGmFC | |
| B major | BEC♯mG♯mF♯C♯ | |
| C major | CFDmAmGD | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯D♯mA♯mG♯D♯ | |
| D major | DGEmBmAE | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯FmCmA♯F | |
| E major | EAF♯mC♯mBF♯ | |
| F major | FA♯GmDmCG |
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.
