6 distinct chords · 83 changes · 3:41 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- Em
- C
- D
- G
- Bm
What you are playing
Chords for You Need Me, I Don't Need You, laid out across its 3:41 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. 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 You Need Me, I Don't Need You 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A major | EBmGADF♯m | |
| A♯ major | FCmG♯A♯D♯Gm | |
| B major | F♯C♯mABEG♯m | |
| C major | GDmA♯CFAm | |
| C♯ major | G♯D♯mBC♯F♯A♯m | |
| D major | AEmCDGBm | |
| D♯ major | A♯FmC♯D♯G♯Cm | |
| E major | BF♯mDEAC♯m | |
| F major | CGmD♯FA♯Dm | |
| F♯ major | C♯G♯mEF♯BD♯m | |
| G major | DAmFGCEm | |
| G♯ major | D♯A♯mF♯G♯C♯Fm |
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.
