11 distinct chords · 119 changes · 4:09 long
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Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- C
- Bm
- D
- Em
- G
- Dm
- Gm
- D♯
- F
- A♯
What you are playing
Chords for Livin' On A Prayer, laid out across its 4:09 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 11 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 Livin' On A Prayer 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| BGF♯mABmDAmDmA♯CF | |
| CG♯GmA♯CmD♯A♯mD♯mBC♯F♯ | |
| C♯AG♯mBC♯mEBmEmCDG | |
| DA♯AmCDmFCmFmC♯D♯G♯ | |
| D♯BA♯mC♯D♯mF♯C♯mF♯mDEA | |
| ECBmDEmGDmGmD♯FA♯ | |
| FC♯CmD♯FmG♯D♯mG♯mEF♯B | |
| F♯DC♯mEF♯mAEmAmFGC | |
| GD♯DmFGmA♯FmA♯mF♯G♯C♯ | |
| G♯ED♯mF♯G♯mBF♯mBmGAD | |
| AFEmGAmCGmCmG♯A♯D♯ | |
| A♯F♯FmG♯A♯mC♯G♯mC♯mABE |
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.
