12 distinct chords · 84 changes · 4:35 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A♭
- B♭m
- B♭
- E♭
- E
- D♭
- Fm
- D
- D♭m
- G♭
- Cm
- E♭m
What you are playing
Chords for Take A Bow, laid out across its 4:35 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes G Am A D D♯ C Em C♯ Cm F Bm Dm, 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 Take A Bow 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| D♯FmFA♯BG♯CmAG♯mC♯GmA♯m | |
| EF♯mF♯BCAC♯mA♯AmDG♯mBm | |
| FGmGCC♯A♯DmBA♯mD♯AmCm | |
| F♯G♯mG♯C♯DBD♯mCBmEA♯mC♯m | |
| GAmADD♯CEmC♯CmFBmDm | |
| A♭B♭mB♭E♭ED♭FmDD♭mG♭CmE♭m | |
| ABmBEFDF♯mD♯DmGC♯mEm | |
| A♯CmCFF♯D♯GmED♯mG♯DmFm | |
| BC♯mC♯F♯GEG♯mFEmAD♯mF♯m | |
| CDmDGG♯FAmF♯FmA♯EmGm | |
| C♯D♯mD♯G♯AF♯A♯mGF♯mBFmG♯m | |
| DEmEAA♯GBmG♯GmCF♯mAm |
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.
