7 distinct chords · 75 changes · 3:47 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯
- B
- F♯
- F♯m
- A♯m
- G♯m
- Bm
What you are playing
Chords for Please Don't Go • TopPop, laid out across its 3:47 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes A G D Dm F♯m Em Gm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 7 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 Please Don't Go • TopPop 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C♯ major | G♯F♯C♯C♯mFmD♯mF♯m | |
| D major | AGDDmF♯mEmGm | |
| D♯ major | A♯G♯D♯D♯mGmFmG♯m | |
| E major | BAEEmG♯mF♯mAm | |
| F major | CA♯FFmAmGmA♯m | |
| F♯ major | C♯BF♯F♯mA♯mG♯mBm | |
| G major | DCGGmBmAmCm | |
| G♯ major | D♯C♯G♯G♯mCmA♯mC♯m | |
| A major | EDAAmC♯mBmDm | |
| A♯ major | FD♯A♯A♯mDmCmD♯m | |
| B major | F♯EBBmD♯mC♯mEm | |
| C major | GFCCmEmDmFm |
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.
