8 distinct chords · 63 changes · 3:52 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E♭
- A♭
- B♭
- D
- E♭m
- A♭m
- B
- G♭
What you are playing
Chords for I Heard It Through The Grapevine, laid out across its 3:52 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes A D E G♯ Am Dm F C, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 8 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 I Heard It Through The Grapevine 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♯D♯FAA♯mD♯mF♯C♯ | |
| B major | BEF♯A♯BmEmGD | |
| C major | CFGBCmFmG♯D♯ | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯G♯CC♯mF♯mAE | |
| D major | DGAC♯DmGmA♯F | |
| D♯ major | E♭A♭B♭DE♭mA♭mBG♭ | |
| E major | EABD♯EmAmCG | |
| F major | FA♯CEFmA♯mC♯G♯ | |
| F♯ major | F♯BC♯FF♯mBmDA | |
| G major | GCDF♯GmCmD♯A♯ | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯D♯GG♯mC♯mEB | |
| A major | ADEG♯AmDmFC |
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.
