6 distinct chords · 135 changes · 3:35 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Bm
- E
- F♯m
- C♯m
- A
- B
What you are playing
Chords for Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang (Metic's Summertime Bootleg), laid out across its 3:35 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 Am D Em Bm G A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 6 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 Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang (Metic's Summertime Bootleg) 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 | F♯mBC♯mG♯mEF♯ | |
| D minor | GmCDmAmFG | |
| D♯ minor | G♯mC♯D♯mA♯mF♯G♯ | |
| E minor | AmDEmBmGA | |
| F minor | A♯mD♯FmCmG♯A♯ | |
| F♯ minor | BmEF♯mC♯mAB | |
| G minor | CmFGmDmA♯C | |
| G♯ minor | C♯mF♯G♯mD♯mBC♯ | |
| A minor | DmGAmEmCDall open | |
| A♯ minor | D♯mG♯A♯mFmC♯D♯ | |
| B minor | EmABmF♯mDE | |
| C minor | FmA♯CmGmD♯F |
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.
