4 distinct chords · 39 changes · 2:00 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- F
- G
- Cm
What you are playing
Chords for Peppermint Twist - Part Ⅱ（1961）, laid out across its 2:00 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes A D E Am, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 Peppermint Twist - Part Ⅱ（1961） 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 | GCDGm | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯D♯G♯m | |
| A major | ADEAmall open | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯FA♯m | |
| B major | BEF♯Bm | |
| C major | CFGCm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯G♯C♯m | |
| D major | DGADmall open | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯A♯D♯m | |
| E major | EABEm | |
| F major | FA♯CFm | |
| F♯ major | F♯BC♯F♯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.
