4 distinct chords · 51 changes · 2:46 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- Em
- A
- D
What you are playing
Chords for A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme, laid out across its 2:46 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. Every shape in it is an open chord, so nothing here needs a barre. 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 A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D major | DBmEA | |
| D♯ major | D♯CmFA♯ | |
| E major | EC♯mF♯B | |
| F major | FDmGC | |
| F♯ major | F♯D♯mG♯C♯ | |
| G major | GEmADall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯FmA♯D♯ | |
| A major | AF♯mBE | |
| A♯ major | A♯GmCF | |
| B major | BG♯mC♯F♯ | |
| C major | CAmDGall open | |
| C♯ major | C♯A♯mD♯G♯ |
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.
