7 distinct chords · 47 changes · 2:16 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭
- B♭m
- A♭
- G♭
- F
- Gm
- E♭
What you are playing
Chords for Runaway (HQ STUDIO/1961), laid out across its 2:16 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes A Am G F E F♯m D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 7 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 Runaway (HQ STUDIO/1961) 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 |
|---|---|
| FFmD♯C♯CDmA♯ | |
| F♯F♯mEDC♯D♯mB | |
| GGmFD♯DEmC | |
| G♯G♯mF♯ED♯FmC♯ | |
| AAmGFEF♯mD | |
| B♭B♭mA♭G♭FGmE♭ | |
| BBmAGF♯G♯mE | |
| CCmA♯G♯GAmF | |
| C♯C♯mBAG♯A♯mF♯ | |
| DDmCA♯ABmG | |
| D♯D♯mC♯BA♯CmG♯ | |
| EEmDCBC♯mA |
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.
