8 distinct chords · 83 changes · 4:01 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Dm
- F
- B♭
- C
- A
- G
- Gm
- A♭m
What you are playing
Chords for I Will Follow You into the Dark, laid out across its 4:01 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 Am C F G E D Dm D♯m, 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 Will Follow You into the Dark 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 | AmCFGEDDmD♯m | |
| C♯ major | A♯mC♯F♯G♯FD♯D♯mEm | |
| D major | BmDGAF♯EEmFm | |
| D♯ major | CmD♯G♯A♯GFFmF♯m | |
| E major | C♯mEABG♯F♯F♯mGm | |
| F major | DmFB♭CAGGmA♭m | |
| F♯ major | D♯mF♯BC♯A♯G♯G♯mAm | |
| G major | EmGCDBAAmA♯m | |
| G♯ major | FmG♯C♯D♯CA♯A♯mBm | |
| A major | F♯mADEC♯BBmCm | |
| A♯ major | GmA♯D♯FDCCmC♯m | |
| B major | G♯mBEF♯D♯C♯C♯mDm |
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.
