4 distinct chords · 25 changes · 2:45 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- G♯m
- G♯
- G
What you are playing
Chords for Denial Is a River, laid out across its 2:45 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 4 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 Denial Is a River 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 |
|---|---|---|
| E major | ED♯mD♯D | |
| F major | FEmED♯ | |
| F♯ major | F♯FmFE | |
| G major | GF♯mF♯F | |
| G♯ major | G♯GmGF♯ | |
| A major | AG♯mG♯G | |
| A♯ major | A♯AmAG♯ | |
| B major | BA♯mA♯A | |
| C major | CBmBA♯ | |
| C♯ major | C♯CmCB | |
| D major | DC♯mC♯C | |
| D♯ major | D♯DmDC♯ |
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.
