12 distinct chords · 59 changes · 2:50 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Em
- F♯
- E
- F♯m
- G
- D
- A
- Bm
- B
- G♯
- C♯
- F
What you are playing
Chords for Time On My Hands - Paris, 23.03.1939, laid out across its 2:50 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Dm E D Em F C G Am A F♯ B D♯, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 12 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 Time On My Hands - Paris, 23.03.1939 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♯ minor | BmC♯BC♯mDAEF♯mF♯D♯G♯C | |
| D minor | CmDCDmD♯A♯FGmGEAC♯ | |
| D♯ minor | C♯mD♯C♯D♯mEBF♯G♯mG♯FA♯D | |
| E minor | DmEDEmFCGAmAF♯BD♯ | |
| F minor | D♯mFD♯FmF♯C♯G♯A♯mA♯GCE | |
| F♯ minor | EmF♯EF♯mGDABmBG♯C♯F | |
| G minor | FmGFGmG♯D♯A♯CmCADF♯ | |
| G♯ minor | F♯mG♯F♯G♯mAEBC♯mC♯A♯D♯G | |
| A minor | GmAGAmA♯FCDmDBEG♯ | |
| A♯ minor | G♯mA♯G♯A♯mBF♯C♯D♯mD♯CFA | |
| B minor | AmBABmCGDEmEC♯F♯A♯ | |
| C minor | A♯mCA♯CmC♯G♯D♯FmFDGB |
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.
