8 distinct chords · 248 changes · 6:59 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- C
- G
- Am
- Dm
- F
- Em
- A♯m
What you are playing
Chords for Sweet Home Alabama - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium, laid out across its 6:59 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. 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 Sweet Home Alabama - 7/2/1977 - Oakland Coliseum Stadium 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D major | AGDEmAmCBmFm | |
| D♯ major | A♯G♯D♯FmA♯mC♯CmF♯m | |
| E major | BAEF♯mBmDC♯mGm | |
| F major | CA♯FGmCmD♯DmG♯m | |
| F♯ major | C♯BF♯G♯mC♯mED♯mAm | |
| G major | DCGAmDmFEmA♯m | |
| G♯ major | D♯C♯G♯A♯mD♯mF♯FmBm | |
| A major | EDABmEmGF♯mCm | |
| A♯ major | FD♯A♯CmFmG♯GmC♯m | |
| B major | F♯EBC♯mF♯mAG♯mDm | |
| C major | GFCDmGmA♯AmD♯m | |
| C♯ major | G♯F♯C♯D♯mG♯mBA♯mEm |
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.
