16 distinct chords · 134 changes · 5:04 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- C♯m
- F♯
- G♯
- Cm
- B
- G♯m
- A
- F♯m
- G
- C
- D
- D♯
- Em
- F
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away, laid out across its 5:04 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 16 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 Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| BG♯mC♯D♯GmF♯D♯mEC♯mDGAA♯BmCEm | |
| CAmDEG♯mGEmFDmD♯G♯A♯BCmC♯Fm | |
| C♯A♯mD♯FAmG♯FmF♯D♯mEABCC♯mDF♯m | |
| DBmEF♯A♯mAF♯mGEmFA♯CC♯DmD♯Gm | |
| D♯CmFGBmA♯GmG♯FmF♯BC♯DD♯mEG♯m | |
| EC♯mF♯G♯CmBG♯mAF♯mGCDD♯EmFAm | |
| FDmGAC♯mCAmA♯GmG♯C♯D♯EFmF♯A♯m | |
| F♯D♯mG♯A♯DmC♯A♯mBG♯mADEFF♯mGBm | |
| GEmABD♯mDBmCAmA♯D♯FF♯GmG♯Cm | |
| G♯FmA♯CEmD♯CmC♯A♯mBEF♯GG♯mAC♯m | |
| AF♯mBC♯FmEC♯mDBmCFGG♯AmA♯Dm | |
| A♯GmCDF♯mFDmD♯CmC♯F♯G♯AA♯mBD♯m |
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.





