6 distinct chords · 86 changes · 2:59 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Gm
- E♭
- F
- Cm
- D
- B♭
What you are playing
Chords for A Thousand Years, laid out across its 2:59 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes Em C D Am B G, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 6 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 A Thousand Years 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 minor | DmA♯CGmAF | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mBC♯G♯mA♯F♯ | |
| E minor | EmCDAmBG | |
| F minor | FmC♯D♯A♯mCG♯ | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mDEBmC♯A | |
| G minor | GmE♭FCmDB♭ | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mEF♯C♯mD♯B | |
| A minor | AmFGDmEC | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mF♯G♯D♯mFC♯ | |
| B minor | BmGAEmF♯D | |
| C minor | CmG♯A♯FmGD♯ | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mABF♯mG♯E |
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.
