7 distinct chords · 89 changes · 5:26 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- C♯m
- B
- A
- F♯m
- Bm
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for Generación 12 Letra y Acordes (key of E), laid out across its 5:26 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes D Bm A G Em Am Gm, 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 Generación 12 Letra y Acordes (key of E) 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 | BG♯mF♯EC♯mF♯mEm | |
| C major | CAmGFDmGmFm | |
| C♯ major | C♯A♯mG♯F♯D♯mG♯mF♯m | |
| D major | DBmAGEmAmGm | |
| D♯ major | D♯CmA♯G♯FmA♯mG♯m | |
| E major | EC♯mBAF♯mBmAm | |
| F major | FDmCA♯GmCmA♯m | |
| F♯ major | F♯D♯mC♯BG♯mC♯mBm | |
| G major | GEmDCAmDmCm | |
| G♯ major | G♯FmD♯C♯A♯mD♯mC♯m | |
| A major | AF♯mEDBmEmDm | |
| A♯ major | A♯GmFD♯CmFmD♯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.
