13 distinct chords · 91 changes · 4:03 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- F♯m
- A
- C
- Bm
- B
- E
- D♯
- A♯m
- C♯
- Cm
- D♯m
- A♯
What you are playing
Chords for Run A Train, laid out across its 4:03 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes F♯ Fm G♯ B A♯m A♯ D♯ D Am C Bm Dm A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 13 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 Run A Train 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 minor | DC♯mEGF♯mF♯BA♯FmG♯GmA♯mF | |
| C minor | D♯DmFG♯GmGCBF♯mAG♯mBmF♯ | |
| C♯ minor | ED♯mF♯AG♯mG♯C♯CGmA♯AmCmG | |
| D minor | FEmGA♯AmADC♯G♯mBA♯mC♯mG♯ | |
| D♯ minor | F♯FmG♯BA♯mA♯D♯DAmCBmDmA | |
| E minor | GF♯mACBmBED♯A♯mC♯CmD♯mA♯ | |
| F minor | G♯GmA♯C♯CmCFEBmDC♯mEmB | |
| F♯ minor | AG♯mBDC♯mC♯F♯FCmD♯DmFmC | |
| G minor | A♯AmCD♯DmDGF♯C♯mED♯mF♯mC♯ | |
| G♯ minor | BA♯mC♯ED♯mD♯G♯GDmFEmGmD | |
| A minor | CBmDFEmEAG♯D♯mF♯FmG♯mD♯ | |
| A♯ minor | C♯CmD♯F♯FmFA♯AEmGF♯mAmE |
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.
