9 distinct chords · 75 changes · 3:12 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Bm
- A
- G
- D
- C
- B
- Em
- F♯
- E
What you are playing
Chords for Maneater (Hall & Oates Cover) on The Tonight Show, laid out across its 3:12 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in B minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Am G F C A♯ A Dm E D, which sits easier under the hand. 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 Maneater (Hall & Oates Cover) on The Tonight Show 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 |
|---|---|---|
| F♯ minor | F♯mEDAGF♯BmC♯B | |
| G minor | GmFD♯A♯G♯GCmDC | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mF♯EBAG♯C♯mD♯C♯ | |
| A minor | AmGFCA♯ADmED | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mG♯F♯C♯BA♯D♯mFD♯ | |
| B minor | BmAGDCBEmF♯E | |
| C minor | CmA♯G♯D♯C♯CFmGF | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mBAEDC♯F♯mG♯F♯ | |
| D minor | DmCA♯FD♯DGmAG | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mC♯BF♯ED♯G♯mA♯G♯ | |
| E minor | EmDCGFEAmBA | |
| F minor | FmD♯C♯G♯F♯FA♯mCA♯ |
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.
