10 distinct chords · 32 changes · 3:44 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯
- G♯
- C♯
- D
- G
- C
- D♯m
- D♯
- B
- G♯m
What you are playing
Chords for Happy Birthday To You - (Original), laid out across its 3:44 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes C D G G♯ C♯ F♯ Am A F Dm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 10 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 Happy Birthday To You - (Original) 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 |
|---|---|
| C♯D♯G♯ADGA♯mA♯F♯D♯m | |
| DEAA♯D♯G♯BmBGEm | |
| D♯FA♯BEACmCG♯Fm | |
| EF♯BCFA♯C♯mC♯AF♯m | |
| FGCC♯F♯BDmDA♯Gm | |
| F♯G♯C♯DGCD♯mD♯BG♯m | |
| GADD♯G♯C♯EmECAm | |
| G♯A♯D♯EADFmFC♯A♯m | |
| ABEFA♯D♯F♯mF♯DBm | |
| A♯CFF♯BEGmGD♯Cm | |
| BC♯F♯GCFG♯mG♯EC♯m | |
| CDGG♯C♯F♯AmAFDm |
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.
