9 distinct chords · 98 changes · 2:41 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯
- B
- C♯m
- G♯m
- G♯
- F♯m
- E
- A
- F♯
What you are playing
Chords for Thats What i Want, laid out across its 2:41 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes A G Am Em E Dm C F D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 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 Thats What i Want 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♯ minor | G♯F♯G♯mD♯mD♯C♯mBEC♯ | |
| A minor | AGAmEmEDmCFD | |
| A♯ minor | A♯G♯A♯mFmFD♯mC♯F♯D♯ | |
| B minor | BABmF♯mF♯EmDGE | |
| C minor | CA♯CmGmGFmD♯G♯F | |
| C♯ minor | C♯BC♯mG♯mG♯F♯mEAF♯ | |
| D minor | DCDmAmAGmFA♯G | |
| D♯ minor | D♯C♯D♯mA♯mA♯G♯mF♯BG♯ | |
| E minor | EDEmBmBAmGCA | |
| F minor | FD♯FmCmCA♯mG♯C♯A♯ | |
| F♯ minor | F♯EF♯mC♯mC♯BmADB | |
| G minor | GFGmDmDCmA♯D♯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.
