5 distinct chords · 95 changes · 4:20 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- G
- D
- Em
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for How Far Does A Goodbye Go, laid out across its 4:20 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. Every shape in it is an open chord, so nothing here needs a barre. Every one of its 5 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 How Far Does A Goodbye Go 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D major | GDABmEm | |
| D♯ major | G♯D♯A♯CmFm | |
| E major | AEBC♯mF♯m | |
| F major | A♯FCDmGm | |
| F♯ major | BF♯C♯D♯mG♯m | |
| G major | CGDEmAmall open | |
| G♯ major | C♯G♯D♯FmA♯m | |
| A major | DAEF♯mBm | |
| A♯ major | D♯A♯FGmCm | |
| B major | EBF♯G♯mC♯m | |
| C major | FCGAmDm | |
| C♯ major | F♯C♯G♯A♯mD♯m |
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.
