10 distinct chords · 117 changes · 4:33 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- A
- G
- F♯m
- E
- B
- Bm
- G♯m
- C♯m
- Em
What you are playing
Chords for How Do I Live, laid out across its 4:33 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C G F Em D A Am F♯m Bm 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 How Do I Live 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 |
|---|---|
| AEDC♯mBF♯F♯mD♯mG♯mBm | |
| A♯FD♯DmCGGmEmAmCm | |
| BF♯ED♯mC♯G♯G♯mFmA♯mC♯m | |
| CGFEmDAAmF♯mBmDm | |
| C♯G♯F♯FmD♯A♯A♯mGmCmD♯m | |
| DAGF♯mEBBmG♯mC♯mEm | |
| D♯A♯G♯GmFCCmAmDmFm | |
| EBAG♯mF♯C♯C♯mA♯mD♯mF♯m | |
| FCA♯AmGDDmBmEmGm | |
| F♯C♯BA♯mG♯D♯D♯mCmFmG♯m | |
| GDCBmAEEmC♯mF♯mAm | |
| G♯D♯C♯CmA♯FFmDmGmA♯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.
