9 distinct chords · 57 changes · 2:49 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- Dm
- C
- D
- Em
- F
- E
- Am
- G
What you are playing
Chords for Elegia o Chłopcu Polskim (Palladium/Warszawa), laid out across its 2:49 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D minor. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. 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 Elegia o Chłopcu Polskim (Palladium/Warszawa) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A minor | EAmGABmCBEmD | |
| A♯ minor | FA♯mG♯A♯CmC♯CFmD♯ | |
| B minor | F♯BmABC♯mDC♯F♯mE | |
| C minor | GCmA♯CDmD♯DGmF | |
| C♯ minor | G♯C♯mBC♯D♯mED♯G♯mF♯ | |
| D minor | ADmCDEmFEAmG | |
| D♯ minor | A♯D♯mC♯D♯FmF♯FA♯mG♯ | |
| E minor | BEmDEF♯mGF♯BmA | |
| F minor | CFmD♯FGmG♯GCmA♯ | |
| F♯ minor | C♯F♯mEF♯G♯mAG♯C♯mB | |
| G minor | DGmFGAmA♯ADmC | |
| G♯ minor | D♯G♯mF♯G♯A♯mBA♯D♯mC♯ |
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.
