6 distinct chords · 63 changes · 3:47 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭
- Dm
- Gm
- E♭
- F
- E♭m
What you are playing
Chords for A Song You Need to Hear Today, laid out across its 3:47 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes A C♯m F♯m D E Dm, which sits easier under the hand. 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 A Song You Need to Hear Today 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 | FAmDmA♯CA♯m | |
| F♯ major | F♯A♯mD♯mBC♯Bm | |
| G major | GBmEmCDCm | |
| G♯ major | G♯CmFmC♯D♯C♯m | |
| A major | AC♯mF♯mDEDm | |
| A♯ major | B♭DmGmE♭FE♭m | |
| B major | BD♯mG♯mEF♯Em | |
| C major | CEmAmFGFm | |
| C♯ major | C♯FmA♯mF♯G♯F♯m | |
| D major | DF♯mBmGAGm | |
| D♯ major | D♯GmCmG♯A♯G♯m | |
| E major | EG♯mC♯mABAm |
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.
