11 distinct chords · 82 changes · 2:26 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- F
- G
- Gm
- A
- C
- Dm
- F♯m
- Bm
- Em
- A♯
What you are playing
Chords for Time In A Bottle, laid out across its 2:26 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes A C D Dm E G Am C♯m F♯m Bm F, 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 Time In A Bottle 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| ACDDmEGAmC♯mF♯mBmF | |
| A♯C♯D♯D♯mFG♯A♯mDmGmCmF♯ | |
| BDEEmF♯ABmD♯mG♯mC♯mG | |
| CD♯FFmGA♯CmEmAmDmG♯ | |
| C♯EF♯F♯mG♯BC♯mFmA♯mD♯mA | |
| DFGGmACDmF♯mBmEmA♯ | |
| D♯F♯G♯G♯mA♯C♯D♯mGmCmFmB | |
| EGAAmBDEmG♯mC♯mF♯mC | |
| FG♯A♯A♯mCD♯FmAmDmGmC♯ | |
| F♯ABBmC♯EF♯mA♯mD♯mG♯mD | |
| GA♯CCmDFGmBmEmAmD♯ | |
| G♯BC♯C♯mD♯F♯G♯mCmFmA♯mE |
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.
