8 distinct chords · 83 changes · 3:22 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯m
- C♯m
- D
- Bm
- C♯
- F♯
- A
- B
What you are playing
Chords for Lost In Istanbul [Ultra], laid out across its 3:22 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Em Bm C Am B E G A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 8 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 Lost In Istanbul [Ultra] 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♯ minor | C♯mG♯mAF♯mG♯C♯EF♯ | |
| D minor | DmAmA♯GmADFG | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mA♯mBG♯mA♯D♯F♯G♯ | |
| E minor | EmBmCAmBEGA | |
| F minor | FmCmC♯A♯mCFG♯A♯ | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mC♯mDBmC♯F♯AB | |
| G minor | GmDmD♯CmDGA♯C | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mD♯mEC♯mD♯G♯BC♯ | |
| A minor | AmEmFDmEACD | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mFmF♯D♯mFA♯C♯D♯ | |
| B minor | BmF♯mGEmF♯BDE | |
| C minor | CmGmG♯FmGCD♯F |
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.
