12 distinct chords · 70 changes · 2:25 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- Gm
- C
- A
- Dm
- D♭
- B♭
- Am
- G
- E
- Fm
- D
What you are playing
Chords for What A Wonderful World (At The BBC), laid out across its 2:25 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes C Dm G E Am G♯ F Em D B Cm A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 12 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 What A Wonderful World (At The BBC) 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 major | CDmGEAmG♯FEmDBCmA | |
| C♯ major | C♯D♯mG♯FA♯mAF♯FmD♯CC♯mA♯ | |
| D major | DEmAF♯BmA♯GF♯mEC♯DmB | |
| D♯ major | D♯FmA♯GCmBG♯GmFDD♯mC | |
| E major | EF♯mBG♯C♯mCAG♯mF♯D♯EmC♯ | |
| F major | FGmCADmD♭B♭AmGEFmD | |
| F♯ major | F♯G♯mC♯A♯D♯mDBA♯mG♯FF♯mD♯ | |
| G major | GAmDBEmD♯CBmAF♯GmE | |
| G♯ major | G♯A♯mD♯CFmEC♯CmA♯GG♯mF | |
| A major | ABmEC♯F♯mFDC♯mBG♯AmF♯ | |
| A♯ major | A♯CmFDGmF♯D♯DmCAA♯mG | |
| B major | BC♯mF♯D♯G♯mGED♯mC♯A♯BmG♯ |
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.
