12 distinct chords · 86 changes · 3:46 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯
- D♯
- A♯
- C♯
- D♯m
- F♯m
- B
- D
- A
- F
- Bm
- C
What you are playing
Chords for When Can I See You, laid out across its 3:46 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes E C♯ G♯ B C♯m Em A C G D♯ Am A♯, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 12 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 When Can I See You 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 |
|---|---|
| C♯A♯FG♯A♯mC♯mF♯AECF♯mG | |
| DBF♯ABmDmGA♯FC♯GmG♯ | |
| D♯CGA♯CmD♯mG♯BF♯DG♯mA | |
| EC♯G♯BC♯mEmACGD♯AmA♯ | |
| FDACDmFmA♯C♯G♯EA♯mB | |
| F♯D♯A♯C♯D♯mF♯mBDAFBmC | |
| GEBDEmGmCD♯A♯F♯CmC♯ | |
| G♯FCD♯FmG♯mC♯EBGC♯mD | |
| AF♯C♯EF♯mAmDFCG♯DmD♯ | |
| A♯GDFGmA♯mD♯F♯C♯AD♯mE | |
| BG♯D♯F♯G♯mBmEGDA♯EmF | |
| CAEGAmCmFG♯D♯BFmF♯ |
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.
