10 distinct chords · 92 changes · 4:49 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A♭
- E♭
- D♭
- B♭m
- Fm
- D♭m
- Cm
- G♭
- B♭
- E♭m
What you are playing
Chords for 538 / Ka Jingshai Janmied/ Youth Assembly Choir (YAC), laid out across its 4:49 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes G D C Am Em Cm Bm F A Dm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 10 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 538 / Ka Jingshai Janmied/ Youth Assembly Choir (YAC) 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 | D♯A♯G♯FmCmG♯mGmC♯FA♯m | |
| E major | EBAF♯mC♯mAmG♯mDF♯Bm | |
| F major | FCA♯GmDmA♯mAmD♯GCm | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯BG♯mD♯mBmA♯mEG♯C♯m | |
| G major | GDCAmEmCmBmFADm | |
| G♯ major | A♭E♭D♭B♭mFmD♭mCmG♭B♭E♭m | |
| A major | AEDBmF♯mDmC♯mGBEm | |
| A♯ major | A♯FD♯CmGmD♯mDmG♯CFm | |
| B major | BF♯EC♯mG♯mEmD♯mAC♯F♯m | |
| C major | CGFDmAmFmEmA♯DGm | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯F♯D♯mA♯mF♯mFmBD♯G♯m | |
| D major | DAGEmBmGmF♯mCEAm |
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.
