6 distinct chords · 52 changes · 2:34 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E♭
- Gm
- Cm
- A♭
- G
- C
What you are playing
Chords for Sympathy is a knife featuring ariana grande, laid out across its 2:34 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes C Em Am F E A, which sits easier under the hand. 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 Sympathy is a knife featuring ariana grande 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 | A♯DmGmD♯DG | |
| B major | BD♯mG♯mED♯G♯ | |
| C major | CEmAmFEA | |
| C♯ major | C♯FmA♯mF♯FA♯ | |
| D major | DF♯mBmGF♯B | |
| D♯ major | E♭GmCmA♭GC | |
| E major | EG♯mC♯mAG♯C♯ | |
| F major | FAmDmA♯AD | |
| F♯ major | F♯A♯mD♯mBA♯D♯ | |
| G major | GBmEmCBE | |
| G♯ major | G♯CmFmC♯CF | |
| A major | AC♯mF♯mDC♯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.
