5 distinct chords · 68 changes · 3:24 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- Em
- F
- G
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for It's A Heartache, laid out across its 3:24 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. 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 It's A Heartache 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G major | GBmCDEm | |
| G♯ major | G♯CmC♯D♯Fm | |
| A major | AC♯mDEF♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯DmD♯FGm | |
| B major | BD♯mEF♯G♯m | |
| C major | CEmFGAm | |
| C♯ major | C♯FmF♯G♯A♯m | |
| D major | DF♯mGABm | |
| D♯ major | D♯GmG♯A♯Cm | |
| E major | EG♯mABC♯m | |
| F major | FAmA♯CDm | |
| F♯ major | F♯A♯mBC♯D♯m |
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.
