11 distinct chords · 109 changes · 3:28 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- Am
- G
- Gm
- C
- Cm
- D
- B♭
- Dm
- B♭m
- A
What you are playing
Chords for Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree ft. Tony Orlando, laid out across its 3:28 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 Em D Dm G Gm A F Am Fm E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 11 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 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree ft. Tony Orlando 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 | CEmDDmGGmAFAmFmE | |
| C♯ major | C♯FmD♯D♯mG♯G♯mA♯F♯A♯mF♯mF | |
| D major | DF♯mEEmAAmBGBmGmF♯ | |
| D♯ major | D♯GmFFmA♯A♯mCG♯CmG♯mG | |
| E major | EG♯mF♯F♯mBBmC♯AC♯mAmG♯ | |
| F major | FAmGGmCCmDB♭DmB♭mA | |
| F♯ major | F♯A♯mG♯G♯mC♯C♯mD♯BD♯mBmA♯ | |
| G major | GBmAAmDDmECEmCmB | |
| G♯ major | G♯CmA♯A♯mD♯D♯mFC♯FmC♯mC | |
| A major | AC♯mBBmEEmF♯DF♯mDmC♯ | |
| A♯ major | A♯DmCCmFFmGD♯GmD♯mD | |
| B major | BD♯mC♯C♯mF♯F♯mG♯EG♯mEmD♯ |
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.
