12 distinct chords · 125 changes · 4:58 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Cm
- G♯
- A♯
- D♯
- D
- G
- Fm
- F
- C
- D♯m
- Gm
- Dm
What you are playing
Chords for It’s a Sin (BRIT Awards 2021 Performance), laid out across its 4:58 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes Am F G C B E Dm D A Cm Em Bm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 12 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 It’s a Sin (BRIT Awards 2021 Performance) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G minor | GmD♯FA♯ADCmCGA♯mDmAm | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mEF♯BA♯D♯C♯mC♯G♯BmD♯mA♯m | |
| A minor | AmFGCBEDmDACmEmBm | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mF♯G♯C♯CFD♯mD♯A♯C♯mFmCm | |
| B minor | BmGADC♯F♯EmEBDmF♯mC♯m | |
| C minor | CmG♯A♯D♯DGFmFCD♯mGmDm | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mABED♯G♯F♯mF♯C♯EmG♯mD♯m | |
| D minor | DmA♯CFEAGmGDFmAmEm | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mBC♯F♯FA♯G♯mG♯D♯F♯mA♯mFm | |
| E minor | EmCDGF♯BAmAEGmBmF♯m | |
| F minor | FmC♯D♯G♯GCA♯mA♯FG♯mCmGm | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mDEAG♯C♯BmBF♯AmC♯mG♯m |
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.
