8 distinct chords · 142 changes · 4:55 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E♭
- B♭
- F
- G♭
- A♭
- B♭m
- D♭
- E♭m
What you are playing
Chords for I See Fire, laid out across its 4:55 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes D A E F G Am C Dm, 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 See Fire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| F minor | A♯FCC♯D♯FmG♯A♯m | |
| F♯ minor | BF♯C♯DEF♯mABm | |
| G minor | CGDD♯FGmA♯Cm | |
| G♯ minor | C♯G♯D♯EF♯G♯mBC♯m | |
| A minor | DAEFGAmCDm | |
| A♯ minor | E♭B♭FG♭A♭B♭mD♭E♭m | |
| B minor | EBF♯GABmDEm | |
| C minor | FCGG♯A♯CmD♯Fm | |
| C♯ minor | F♯C♯G♯ABC♯mEF♯m | |
| D minor | GDAA♯CDmFGm | |
| D♯ minor | G♯D♯A♯BC♯D♯mF♯G♯m | |
| E minor | AEBCDEmGAm |
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.
