8 distinct chords · 57 changes · 4:32 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯
- Bm
- G
- B
- D
- F♯m
- A
- E
What you are playing
Chords for WHEN I WAS OLDER (Music Inspired By The Film ROMA/Audio), laid out across its 4:32 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in B minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes E Am F A C Em G D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 8 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 I WAS OLDER (Music Inspired By The Film ROMA/Audio) 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♯ minor | C♯F♯mDF♯AC♯mEB | |
| G minor | DGmD♯GA♯DmFC | |
| G♯ minor | D♯G♯mEG♯BD♯mF♯C♯ | |
| A minor | EAmFACEmGD | |
| A♯ minor | FA♯mF♯A♯C♯FmG♯D♯ | |
| B minor | F♯BmGBDF♯mAE | |
| C minor | GCmG♯CD♯GmA♯F | |
| C♯ minor | G♯C♯mAC♯EG♯mBF♯ | |
| D minor | ADmA♯DFAmCG | |
| D♯ minor | A♯D♯mBD♯F♯A♯mC♯G♯ | |
| E minor | BEmCEGBmDA | |
| F minor | CFmC♯FG♯CmD♯A♯ |
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.
