7 distinct chords · 105 changes · 3:21 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯
- F♯
- G♯
- D♯m
- A♯m
- D♯
- Fm
What you are playing
Chords for December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night), laid out across its 3:21 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes C F G Dm Am D Em, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 7 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 December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) 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 | G♯C♯D♯A♯mFmA♯Cm | |
| A major | ADEBmF♯mBC♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯FCmGmCDm | |
| B major | BEF♯C♯mG♯mC♯D♯m | |
| C major | CFGDmAmDEm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯G♯D♯mA♯mD♯Fm | |
| D major | DGAEmBmEF♯m | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯A♯FmCmFGm | |
| E major | EABF♯mC♯mF♯G♯m | |
| F major | FA♯CGmDmGAm | |
| F♯ major | F♯BC♯G♯mD♯mG♯A♯m | |
| G major | GCDAmEmABm |
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.
