6 distinct chords · 112 changes · 3:47 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭
- B♭m
- D♭
- G♭
- E♭
- A♭
What you are playing
Chords for Rock and A Hard Place, laid out across its 3:47 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 E Em G C A D, 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 Rock and A Hard Place 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 | FFmG♯C♯A♯D♯ | |
| A major | F♯F♯mADBE | |
| A♯ major | GGmA♯D♯CF | |
| B major | G♯G♯mBEC♯F♯ | |
| C major | AAmCFDG | |
| C♯ major | B♭B♭mD♭G♭E♭A♭ | |
| D major | BBmDGEA | |
| D♯ major | CCmD♯G♯FA♯ | |
| E major | C♯C♯mEAF♯B | |
| F major | DDmFA♯GC | |
| F♯ major | D♯D♯mF♯BG♯C♯ | |
| G major | EEmGCADall 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.
