10 distinct chords · 123 changes · 4:37 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- C♯m
- F♯
- Bm
- A
- F♯m
- E
- C♯
- B
- C
What you are playing
Chords for Blue Bird / THE FIRST TAKE, laid out across its 4:37 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C Bm E Am G Em D B A A♯, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 10 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 Blue Bird / THE FIRST TAKE 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♯ minor | AG♯mC♯F♯mEC♯mBG♯F♯G | |
| D minor | A♯AmDGmFDmCAGG♯ | |
| D♯ minor | BA♯mD♯G♯mF♯D♯mC♯A♯G♯A | |
| E minor | CBmEAmGEmDBAA♯ | |
| F minor | C♯CmFA♯mG♯FmD♯CA♯B | |
| F♯ minor | DC♯mF♯BmAF♯mEC♯BC | |
| G minor | D♯DmGCmA♯GmFDCC♯ | |
| G♯ minor | ED♯mG♯C♯mBG♯mF♯D♯C♯D | |
| A minor | FEmADmCAmGEDD♯ | |
| A♯ minor | F♯FmA♯D♯mC♯A♯mG♯FD♯E | |
| B minor | GF♯mBEmDBmAF♯EF | |
| C minor | G♯GmCFmD♯CmA♯GFF♯ |
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.
