4 distinct chords · 46 changes · 3:52 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- F
- Cm
- D♯
What you are playing
Chords for To Be a Lover, laid out across its 3:52 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes A D Am C, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 To Be a Lover 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C major | GCGmA♯ | |
| C♯ major | G♯C♯G♯mB | |
| D major | ADAmCall open | |
| D♯ major | A♯D♯A♯mC♯ | |
| E major | BEBmD | |
| F major | CFCmD♯ | |
| F♯ major | C♯F♯C♯mE | |
| G major | DGDmF | |
| G♯ major | D♯G♯D♯mF♯ | |
| A major | EAEmGall open | |
| A♯ major | FA♯FmG♯ | |
| B major | F♯BF♯mA |
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.
