10 distinct chords · 87 changes · 4:25 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- G
- E
- Am
- D
- A♯
- F
- A
- Em
- Dm
What you are playing
Chords for El Kuelgue - Por Cuatro40, laid out across its 4:25 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A minor. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 10 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 El Kuelgue - Por Cuatro40 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 |
|---|---|---|
| E minor | GDBEmAFCEBmAm | |
| F minor | G♯D♯CFmA♯F♯C♯FCmA♯m | |
| F♯ minor | AEC♯F♯mBGDF♯C♯mBm | |
| G minor | A♯FDGmCG♯D♯GDmCm | |
| G♯ minor | BF♯D♯G♯mC♯AEG♯D♯mC♯m | |
| A minor | CGEAmDA♯FAEmDm | |
| A♯ minor | C♯G♯FA♯mD♯BF♯A♯FmD♯m | |
| B minor | DAF♯BmECGBF♯mEm | |
| C minor | D♯A♯GCmFC♯G♯CGmFm | |
| C♯ minor | EBG♯C♯mF♯DAC♯G♯mF♯m | |
| D minor | FCADmGD♯A♯DAmGm | |
| D♯ minor | F♯C♯A♯D♯mG♯EBD♯A♯mG♯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.
