9 distinct chords · 53 changes · 2:24 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- D
- E
- C♯
- F♯m
- B
- C♯m
- F♯
- G♯m
What you are playing
Chords for Ricky Nelson - Guitar cover by Phil McGarrick FREE BT, laid out across its 2:24 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes F A♯ C A Dm G Am D Em, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 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 Ricky Nelson - Guitar cover by Phil McGarrick FREE BT 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 | EABG♯C♯mF♯G♯mC♯D♯m | |
| C major | FA♯CADmGAmDEm | |
| C♯ major | F♯BC♯A♯D♯mG♯A♯mD♯Fm | |
| D major | GCDBEmABmEF♯m | |
| D♯ major | G♯C♯D♯CFmA♯CmFGm | |
| E major | ADEC♯F♯mBC♯mF♯G♯m | |
| F major | A♯D♯FDGmCDmGAm | |
| F♯ major | BEF♯D♯G♯mC♯D♯mG♯A♯m | |
| G major | CFGEAmDEmABm | |
| G♯ major | C♯F♯G♯FA♯mD♯FmA♯Cm | |
| A major | DGAF♯BmEF♯mBC♯m | |
| A♯ major | D♯G♯A♯GCmFGmCDm |
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.
