9 distinct chords · 148 changes · 5:37 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Dm
- D
- B♭
- C
- F
- Am
- Em
- A
- E
What you are playing
Chords for Like A Prayer, laid out across its 5:37 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 Like A Prayer 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 | AmAFGCEmBmEB | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mA♯F♯G♯C♯FmCmFC | |
| B minor | BmBGADF♯mC♯mF♯C♯ | |
| C minor | CmCG♯A♯D♯GmDmGD | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mC♯ABEG♯mD♯mG♯D♯ | |
| D minor | DmDB♭CFAmEmAE | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mD♯BC♯F♯A♯mFmA♯F | |
| E minor | EmECDGBmF♯mBF♯ | |
| F minor | FmFC♯D♯G♯CmGmCG | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mF♯DEAC♯mG♯mC♯G♯ | |
| G minor | GmGD♯FA♯DmAmDA | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mG♯EF♯BD♯mA♯mD♯A♯ |
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.
