8 distinct chords · 78 changes · 2:40 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- G
- A
- B♭
- D
- C
- Dm
- Gm
What you are playing
Chords for Swinging With the Eighties - Patti Kusturok’s 365 Days of Fiddle Tunes, laid out across its 2:40 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes C D E F A G Am Dm, 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 Swinging With the Eighties - Patti Kusturok’s 365 Days of Fiddle Tunes 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 |
|---|---|
| CDEFAGAmDm | |
| C♯D♯FF♯A♯G♯A♯mD♯m | |
| DEF♯GBABmEm | |
| D♯FGG♯CA♯CmFm | |
| EF♯G♯AC♯BC♯mF♯m | |
| FGAB♭DCDmGm | |
| F♯G♯A♯BD♯C♯D♯mG♯m | |
| GABCEDEmAm | |
| G♯A♯CC♯FD♯FmA♯m | |
| ABC♯DF♯EF♯mBm | |
| A♯CDD♯GFGmCm | |
| BC♯D♯EG♯F♯G♯mC♯m |
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.
