7 distinct chords · 45 changes · 3:38 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D♭
- E♭
- B♭m
- G♭
- B♭
- A♭
- E♭m
What you are playing
Chords for Hanging By A Moment, laid out across its 3:38 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes G A Em C E D Am, every one of them an open shape. 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 Hanging By A Moment 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G♯ major | G♯A♯FmC♯FD♯A♯m | |
| A major | ABF♯mDF♯EBm | |
| A♯ major | A♯CGmD♯GFCm | |
| B major | BC♯G♯mEG♯F♯C♯m | |
| C major | CDAmFAGDm | |
| C♯ major | D♭E♭B♭mG♭B♭A♭E♭m | |
| D major | DEBmGBAEm | |
| D♯ major | D♯FCmG♯CA♯Fm | |
| E major | EF♯C♯mAC♯BF♯m | |
| F major | FGDmA♯DCGm | |
| F♯ major | F♯G♯D♯mBD♯C♯G♯m | |
| G major | GAEmCEDAmall open |
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.
