4 distinct chords · 57 changes · 2:27 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D♭
- A♭
- E♭
- B♭m
What you are playing
Chords for fade to black [Made with support of NZ On Air], laid out across its 2:27 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes C G D Am, 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 fade to black [Made with support of NZ On Air] 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D♯ major | G♯D♯A♯Fm | |
| E major | AEBF♯m | |
| F major | A♯FCGm | |
| F♯ major | BF♯C♯G♯m | |
| G major | CGDAmall open | |
| G♯ major | D♭A♭E♭B♭m | |
| A major | DAEBm | |
| A♯ major | D♯A♯FCm | |
| B major | EBF♯C♯m | |
| C major | FCGDm | |
| C♯ major | F♯C♯G♯D♯m | |
| D major | GDAEmall open |
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.
