4 distinct chords · 66 changes · 3:00 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Cm
- C
- E♭
- B♭
What you are playing
Chords for The Backyard Sessions - "Jolene", laid out across its 3:00 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes Am A C G, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 The Backyard Sessions - "Jolene" 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G minor | GmGA♯F | |
| G♯ minor | G♯mG♯BF♯ | |
| A minor | AmACGall open | |
| A♯ minor | A♯mA♯C♯G♯ | |
| B minor | BmBDA | |
| C minor | CmCE♭B♭ | |
| C♯ minor | C♯mC♯EB | |
| D minor | DmDFC | |
| D♯ minor | D♯mD♯F♯C♯ | |
| E minor | EmEGDall open | |
| F minor | FmFG♯D♯ | |
| F♯ minor | F♯mF♯AE |
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.
