6 distinct chords · 58 changes · 2:09 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- A
- F♯m
- E
- B
- Bm
What you are playing
Chords for I came to see you, laid out across its 2:09 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C G Em D A Am, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 6 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 I came to see you 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 major | AEC♯mBF♯F♯m | |
| F major | A♯FDmCGGm | |
| F♯ major | BF♯D♯mC♯G♯G♯m | |
| G major | CGEmDAAmall open | |
| G♯ major | C♯G♯FmD♯A♯A♯m | |
| A major | DAF♯mEBBm | |
| A♯ major | D♯A♯GmFCCm | |
| B major | EBG♯mF♯C♯C♯m | |
| C major | FCAmGDDm | |
| C♯ major | F♯C♯A♯mG♯D♯D♯m | |
| D major | GDBmAEEm | |
| D♯ major | G♯D♯CmA♯FFm |
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.
