6 distinct chords · 107 changes · 2:58 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Fm
- A♭
- B♭m
- D♭
- B♭
- E♭
What you are playing
Chords for Sleepless in a Hotel Room (Official Studio), laid out across its 2:58 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes Em G Am C A D, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 6 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 Sleepless in a Hotel Room (Official Studio) 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 | CmD♯FmG♯FA♯ | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mEF♯mAF♯B | |
| D minor | DmFGmA♯GC | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mF♯G♯mBG♯C♯ | |
| E minor | EmGAmCADall open | |
| F minor | FmA♭B♭mD♭B♭E♭ | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mABmDBE | |
| G minor | GmA♯CmD♯CF | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mBC♯mEC♯F♯ | |
| A minor | AmCDmFDG | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mC♯D♯mF♯D♯G♯ | |
| B minor | BmDEmGEA |
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.
