7 distinct chords · 165 changes · 5:23 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- G
- F
- A♯
- F♯
- C♯
- G♯
What you are playing
Chords for Tommy James & The Shondells, laid out across its 5:23 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes B F♯ E A F C G, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 7 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 Tommy James & The Shondells 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 |
|---|---|
| GDCFC♯G♯D♯ | |
| G♯D♯C♯F♯DAE | |
| AEDGD♯A♯F | |
| A♯FD♯G♯EBF♯ | |
| BF♯EAFCG | |
| CGFA♯F♯C♯G♯ | |
| C♯G♯F♯BGDA | |
| DAGCG♯D♯A♯ | |
| D♯A♯G♯C♯AEB | |
| EBADA♯FC | |
| FCA♯D♯BF♯C♯ | |
| F♯C♯BECGD |
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.
