8 distinct chords · 65 changes · 3:22 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯
- D♯m
- D♯
- C♯
- A♯
- A♯m
- G♯
- Fm
What you are playing
Chords for Is It a Crime, laid out across its 3:22 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes F Dm D C A Am G Em, which sits easier under the hand. 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 Is It a Crime 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 | C♯A♯mA♯G♯FFmD♯Cm | |
| D major | DBmBAF♯F♯mEC♯m | |
| D♯ major | D♯CmCA♯GGmFDm | |
| E major | EC♯mC♯BG♯G♯mF♯D♯m | |
| F major | FDmDCAAmGEm | |
| F♯ major | F♯D♯mD♯C♯A♯A♯mG♯Fm | |
| G major | GEmEDBBmAF♯m | |
| G♯ major | G♯FmFD♯CCmA♯Gm | |
| A major | AF♯mF♯EC♯C♯mBG♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯GmGFDDmCAm | |
| B major | BG♯mG♯F♯D♯D♯mC♯A♯m | |
| C major | CAmAGEEmDBm |
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.
