13 distinct chords · 153 changes · 4:48 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E♭
- A♭
- F
- B♭
- G
- C
- Gm
- Cm
- D
- G♭
- Dm
- Am
- E♭m
What you are playing
Chords for Vienna (Billy Joel Cover // The Sweater Sessions), laid out across its 4:48 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes C F D G E A Em Am B D♯ Bm F♯m Cm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 13 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 Vienna (Billy Joel Cover // The Sweater Sessions) 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 |
|---|---|
| A♯D♯CFDGDmGmAC♯AmEmA♯m | |
| BEC♯F♯D♯G♯D♯mG♯mA♯DA♯mFmBm | |
| CFDGEAEmAmBD♯BmF♯mCm | |
| C♯F♯D♯G♯FA♯FmA♯mCECmGmC♯m | |
| DGEAF♯BF♯mBmC♯FC♯mG♯mDm | |
| E♭A♭FB♭GCGmCmDG♭DmAmE♭m | |
| EAF♯BG♯C♯G♯mC♯mD♯GD♯mA♯mEm | |
| FA♯GCADAmDmEG♯EmBmFm | |
| F♯BG♯C♯A♯D♯A♯mD♯mFAFmCmF♯m | |
| GCADBEBmEmF♯A♯F♯mC♯mGm | |
| G♯C♯A♯D♯CFCmFmGBGmDmG♯m | |
| ADBEC♯F♯C♯mF♯mG♯CG♯mD♯mAm |
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.
