7 distinct chords · 121 changes · 3:00 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯
- C♯
- D♯
- B
- D♯m
- G♯
- A♯
What you are playing
Chords for When I Come Around, laid out across its 3:00 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes C G A F Am D E, 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 When I Come Around 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C♯ major | C♯G♯A♯F♯A♯mD♯F | |
| D major | DABGBmEF♯ | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯CG♯CmFG | |
| E major | EBC♯AC♯mF♯G♯ | |
| F major | FCDA♯DmGA | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯D♯BD♯mG♯A♯ | |
| G major | GDECEmAB | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯FC♯FmA♯C | |
| A major | AEF♯DF♯mBC♯ | |
| A♯ major | A♯FGD♯GmCD | |
| B major | BF♯G♯EG♯mC♯D♯ | |
| C major | CGAFAmDE |
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.
