10 distinct chords · 107 changes · 2:59 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D♯
- D
- C♯
- E
- F♯
- G♯
- B
- Bm
- A
- C♯m
What you are playing
Chords for Fathers' Day #nirvana #foofighters, laid out across its 2:59 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C♯ C B D E F♯ A Am G Bm, 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 Fathers' Day #nirvana #foofighters 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 |
|---|---|
| A♯AG♯BC♯D♯F♯F♯mEG♯m | |
| BA♯ACDEGGmFAm | |
| CBA♯C♯D♯FG♯G♯mF♯A♯m | |
| C♯CBDEF♯AAmGBm | |
| DC♯CD♯FGA♯A♯mG♯Cm | |
| D♯DC♯EF♯G♯BBmAC♯m | |
| ED♯DFGACCmA♯Dm | |
| FED♯F♯G♯A♯C♯C♯mBD♯m | |
| F♯FEGABDDmCEm | |
| GF♯FG♯A♯CD♯D♯mC♯Fm | |
| G♯GF♯ABC♯EEmDF♯m | |
| AG♯GA♯CDFFmD♯Gm |
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.
