6 distinct chords · 26 changes · 3:11 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭
- E♭
- F
- B♭m
- Fm
- D♭
What you are playing
Chords for Chris Stapelton-Post Malone - California Sober, laid out across its 3:11 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes A D E Am Em C, 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 Chris Stapelton-Post Malone - California Sober 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 |
|---|---|---|
| F major | FA♯CFmCmG♯ | |
| F♯ major | F♯BC♯F♯mC♯mA | |
| G major | GCDGmDmA♯ | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯D♯G♯mD♯mB | |
| A major | ADEAmEmCall open | |
| A♯ major | B♭E♭FB♭mFmD♭ | |
| B major | BEF♯BmF♯mD | |
| C major | CFGCmGmD♯ | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯G♯C♯mG♯mE | |
| D major | DGADmAmF | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯A♯D♯mA♯mF♯ | |
| E major | EABEmBmG |
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.
