8 distinct chords · 159 changes · 4:01 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯m
- D
- C♯m
- E
- F♯
- A
- Bm
- C♯
What you are playing
Chords for Hip-Hop ft. Jay Jones, laid out across its 4:01 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Em C Bm D E G Am B, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 8 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 Hip-Hop ft. Jay Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C♯ minor | C♯mAG♯mBC♯EF♯mG♯ | |
| D minor | DmA♯AmCDFGmA | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mBA♯mC♯D♯F♯G♯mA♯ | |
| E minor | EmCBmDEGAmB | |
| F minor | FmC♯CmD♯FG♯A♯mC | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mDC♯mEF♯ABmC♯ | |
| G minor | GmD♯DmFGA♯CmD | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mED♯mF♯G♯BC♯mD♯ | |
| A minor | AmFEmGACDmE | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mF♯FmG♯A♯C♯D♯mF | |
| B minor | BmGF♯mABDEmF♯ | |
| C minor | CmG♯GmA♯CD♯FmG |
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.
