8 distinct chords · 148 changes · 4:04 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Dm
- G
- C
- A
- D
- B♭
- F
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra), laid out across its 4:04 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes Am D G E A F C Em, 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 Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A minor | AmDGEAFCEm | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mD♯G♯FA♯F♯C♯Fm | |
| B minor | BmEAF♯BGDF♯m | |
| C minor | CmFA♯GCG♯D♯Gm | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mF♯BG♯C♯AEG♯m | |
| D minor | DmGCADB♭FAm | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mG♯C♯A♯D♯BF♯A♯m | |
| E minor | EmADBECGBm | |
| F minor | FmA♯D♯CFC♯G♯Cm | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mBEC♯F♯DAC♯m | |
| G minor | GmCFDGD♯A♯Dm | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mC♯F♯D♯G♯EBD♯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.
