8 distinct chords · 110 changes · 3:26 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- B
- C♯m
- A
- F♯
- F♯m
- G♯m
- D♯m
What you are playing
Chords for Von guten Mächten wunderbar geborgen · Siegfried Fietz, laid out across its 3:26 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes C G Am F D Dm Em Bm, 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 Von guten Mächten wunderbar geborgen · Siegfried Fietz 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | BF♯G♯mEC♯C♯mD♯mA♯m | |
| C major | CGAmFDDmEmBm | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯A♯mF♯D♯D♯mFmCm | |
| D major | DABmGEEmF♯mC♯m | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯CmG♯FFmGmDm | |
| E major | EBC♯mAF♯F♯mG♯mD♯m | |
| F major | FCDmA♯GGmAmEm | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯D♯mBG♯G♯mA♯mFm | |
| G major | GDEmCAAmBmF♯m | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯FmC♯A♯A♯mCmGm | |
| A major | AEF♯mDBBmC♯mG♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯FGmD♯CCmDmAm |
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.
