5 distinct chords · 69 changes · 4:10 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- B
- C♯m
- E
- F♯
What you are playing
Chords for I Want To Break Free - “Flashbacks”, laid out across its 4:10 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes G A Bm D E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 I Want To Break Free - “Flashbacks” 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | EF♯G♯mBC♯ | |
| C major | FGAmCD | |
| C♯ major | F♯G♯A♯mC♯D♯ | |
| D major | GABmDE | |
| D♯ major | G♯A♯CmD♯F | |
| E major | ABC♯mEF♯ | |
| F major | A♯CDmFG | |
| F♯ major | BC♯D♯mF♯G♯ | |
| G major | CDEmGAall open | |
| G♯ major | C♯D♯FmG♯A♯ | |
| A major | DEF♯mAB | |
| A♯ major | D♯FGmA♯C |
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.
