5 distinct chords · 19 changes · 1:16 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B
- E
- G♯m
- F♯
- D♯m
What you are playing
Chords for A Little Help, laid out across its 1:16 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in B major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes G C Em D Bm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 A Little Help 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♯ major | F♯BD♯mC♯A♯m | |
| G major | GCEmDBm | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯FmD♯Cm | |
| A major | ADF♯mEC♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯GmFDm | |
| B major | BEG♯mF♯D♯m | |
| C major | CFAmGEm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯A♯mG♯Fm | |
| D major | DGBmAF♯m | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯CmA♯Gm | |
| E major | EAC♯mBG♯m | |
| F major | FA♯DmCAm |
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.
