4 distinct chords · 78 changes · 2:37 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A♭
- G♭
- E♭
- D♭
What you are playing
Chords for Green Day - Fernan Unplugged, laid out across its 2:37 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes D C A G, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 Green Day - Fernan Unplugged 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♯ major | D♯C♯A♯G♯ | |
| A major | EDBA | |
| A♯ major | FD♯CA♯ | |
| B major | F♯EC♯B | |
| C major | GFDC | |
| C♯ major | A♭G♭E♭D♭ | |
| D major | AGEDall open | |
| D♯ major | A♯G♯FD♯ | |
| E major | BAF♯E | |
| F major | CA♯GF | |
| F♯ major | C♯BG♯F♯ | |
| G major | DCAGall open |
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.
