5 distinct chords · 69 changes · 3:07 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- G
- F♯m
- A
- Bm
What you are playing
Chords for home is lonely [Made with support of NZ On Air], laid out across its 3:07 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C F Em G Am, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 home is lonely [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 |
|---|---|---|
| A major | ADC♯mEF♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯DmFGm | |
| B major | BED♯mF♯G♯m | |
| C major | CFEmGAm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯FmG♯A♯m | |
| D major | DGF♯mABm | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯GmA♯Cm | |
| E major | EAG♯mBC♯m | |
| F major | FA♯AmCDm | |
| F♯ major | F♯BA♯mC♯D♯m | |
| G major | GCBmDEm | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯CmD♯Fm |
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.
