5 distinct chords · 154 changes · 4:22 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭m
- A♭
- E♭
- B♭
- D♭
What you are playing
Chords for Porque é que é assim, laid out across its 4:22 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes Am G D A C, every one of them an open shape. 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 Porque é que é assim 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A♯ major | FmD♯A♯FG♯ | |
| B major | F♯mEBF♯A | |
| C major | GmFCGA♯ | |
| C♯ major | G♯mF♯C♯G♯B | |
| D major | AmGDACall open | |
| D♯ major | B♭mA♭E♭B♭D♭ | |
| E major | BmAEBD | |
| F major | CmA♯FCD♯ | |
| F♯ major | C♯mBF♯C♯E | |
| G major | DmCGDF | |
| G♯ major | D♯mC♯G♯D♯F♯ | |
| A major | EmDAEGall open |
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.
