8 distinct chords · 65 changes · 3:40 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- B♭
- Am
- D
- Gm
- C
- Dm
- B♭m
What you are playing
Chords for Die With A Smile (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars Cover) [Live @ SiriusXM], laid out across its 3:40 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes C F Em A Dm G Am Fm, 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 Die With A Smile (Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars Cover) [Live @ SiriusXM] 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C major | CFEmADmGAmFm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯FmA♯D♯mG♯A♯mF♯m | |
| D major | DGF♯mBEmABmGm | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯GmCFmA♯CmG♯m | |
| E major | EAG♯mC♯F♯mBC♯mAm | |
| F major | FB♭AmDGmCDmB♭m | |
| F♯ major | F♯BA♯mD♯G♯mC♯D♯mBm | |
| G major | GCBmEAmDEmCm | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯CmFA♯mD♯FmC♯m | |
| A major | ADC♯mF♯BmEF♯mDm | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯DmGCmFGmD♯m | |
| B major | BED♯mG♯C♯mF♯G♯mEm |
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.
