11 distinct chords · 109 changes · 5:41 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D♭
- B
- A♭m
- G♭
- A♭
- D♭m
- Fm
- E♭
- G♭m
- A
- B♭m
What you are playing
Chords for Life In A Metro, laid out across its 5:41 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes A G Em D E Am C♯m B Dm F F♯m, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 11 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 Life In A Metro 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G♯ major | G♯F♯D♯mC♯D♯G♯mCmA♯C♯mEFm | |
| A major | AGEmDEAmC♯mBDmFF♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯G♯FmD♯FA♯mDmCD♯mF♯Gm | |
| B major | BAF♯mEF♯BmD♯mC♯EmGG♯m | |
| C major | CA♯GmFGCmEmDFmG♯Am | |
| C♯ major | D♭BA♭mG♭A♭D♭mFmE♭G♭mAB♭m | |
| D major | DCAmGADmF♯mEGmA♯Bm | |
| D♯ major | D♯C♯A♯mG♯A♯D♯mGmFG♯mBCm | |
| E major | EDBmABEmG♯mF♯AmCC♯m | |
| F major | FD♯CmA♯CFmAmGA♯mC♯Dm | |
| F♯ major | F♯EC♯mBC♯F♯mA♯mG♯BmDD♯m | |
| G major | GFDmCDGmBmACmD♯Em |
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.
