15 distinct chords · 72 changes · 3:31 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D♭
- Fm
- B♭
- E♭m
- D
- A♭
- B
- G♭m
- C
- E♭
- B♭m
- F
- G♭
- A
- D♭m
What you are playing
Chords for Vilain Petit Canard*, laid out across its 3:31 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes C Em A Dm C♯ G A♯ Fm B D Am E F G♯ Cm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 15 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 Vilain Petit Canard* 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 |
|---|---|
| G♯CmFA♯mAD♯F♯C♯mGA♯FmCC♯EG♯m | |
| AC♯mF♯BmA♯EGDmG♯BF♯mC♯DFAm | |
| A♯DmGCmBFG♯D♯mACGmDD♯F♯A♯m | |
| BD♯mG♯C♯mCF♯AEmA♯C♯G♯mD♯EGBm | |
| CEmADmC♯GA♯FmBDAmEFG♯Cm | |
| D♭FmB♭E♭mDA♭BG♭mCE♭B♭mFG♭AD♭m | |
| DF♯mBEmD♯ACGmC♯EBmF♯GA♯Dm | |
| D♯GmCFmEA♯C♯G♯mDFCmGG♯BD♯m | |
| EG♯mC♯F♯mFBDAmD♯F♯C♯mG♯ACEm | |
| FAmDGmF♯CD♯A♯mEGDmAA♯C♯Fm | |
| F♯A♯mD♯G♯mGC♯EBmFG♯D♯mA♯BDF♯m | |
| GBmEAmG♯DFCmF♯AEmBCD♯Gm |
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.
