9 distinct chords · 65 changes · 3:05 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- B♭
- Dm
- A
- Gm
- G
- Cm
- E♭
- C
What you are playing
Chords for Don't Want A Love Song, laid out across its 3:05 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes D G Bm F♯ Em E Am C A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 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 Don't Want A Love Song 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 major | CFAmEDmDGmA♯G | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯A♯mFD♯mD♯G♯mBG♯ | |
| D major | DGBmF♯EmEAmCA | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯CmGFmFA♯mC♯A♯ | |
| E major | EAC♯mG♯F♯mF♯BmDB | |
| F major | FB♭DmAGmGCmE♭C | |
| F♯ major | F♯BD♯mA♯G♯mG♯C♯mEC♯ | |
| G major | GCEmBAmADmFD | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯FmCA♯mA♯D♯mF♯D♯ | |
| A major | ADF♯mC♯BmBEmGE | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯GmDCmCFmG♯F | |
| B major | BEG♯mD♯C♯mC♯F♯mAF♯ |
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.
