7 distinct chords · 137 changes · 3:58 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯m
- E
- B
- A
- C♯
- F♯m
- F♯
What you are playing
Chords for Have a nice day, laid out across its 3:58 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes Am C G F A Dm D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 7 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 Have a nice day 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | G♯mBF♯EG♯C♯mC♯ | |
| C major | AmCGFADmD | |
| C♯ major | A♯mC♯G♯F♯A♯D♯mD♯ | |
| D major | BmDAGBEmE | |
| D♯ major | CmD♯A♯G♯CFmF | |
| E major | C♯mEBAC♯F♯mF♯ | |
| F major | DmFCA♯DGmG | |
| F♯ major | D♯mF♯C♯BD♯G♯mG♯ | |
| G major | EmGDCEAmAall open | |
| G♯ major | FmG♯D♯C♯FA♯mA♯ | |
| A major | F♯mAEDF♯BmB | |
| A♯ major | GmA♯FD♯GCmC |
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.
