8 distinct chords · 91 changes · 4:13 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- D
- G
- E
- B
- F♯
- Em
- Bm
What you are playing
Chords for I Can Dream About You, laid out across its 4:13 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes G C F D A E Dm Am, 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 Can Dream About You 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 | EADBF♯C♯BmF♯m | |
| A♯ major | FA♯D♯CGDCmGm | |
| B major | F♯BEC♯G♯D♯C♯mG♯m | |
| C major | GCFDAEDmAm | |
| C♯ major | G♯C♯F♯D♯A♯FD♯mA♯m | |
| D major | ADGEBF♯EmBm | |
| D♯ major | A♯D♯G♯FCGFmCm | |
| E major | BEAF♯C♯G♯F♯mC♯m | |
| F major | CFA♯GDAGmDm | |
| F♯ major | C♯F♯BG♯D♯A♯G♯mD♯m | |
| G major | DGCAEBAmEm | |
| G♯ major | D♯G♯C♯A♯FCA♯mFm |
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.
