5 distinct chords · 49 changes · 3:51 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- D
- Em
- Bm
- E
What you are playing
Chords for Birds of a Feather, laid out across its 3:51 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes G C Dm Am D, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 5 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 Birds of a Feather 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 | EABmF♯mB | |
| A♯ major | FA♯CmGmC | |
| B major | F♯BC♯mG♯mC♯ | |
| C major | GCDmAmDall open | |
| C♯ major | G♯C♯D♯mA♯mD♯ | |
| D major | ADEmBmE | |
| D♯ major | A♯D♯FmCmF | |
| E major | BEF♯mC♯mF♯ | |
| F major | CFGmDmG | |
| F♯ major | C♯F♯G♯mD♯mG♯ | |
| G major | DGAmEmAall open | |
| G♯ major | D♯G♯A♯mFmA♯ |
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.
