4 distinct chords · 90 changes · 3:23 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- D
- Bm
- G
What you are playing
Chords for japan [Made with support of NZ On Air], laid out across its 3:23 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 7 the same song becomes D G Em C, 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 japan [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 | EAF♯mD | |
| A♯ major | FA♯GmD♯ | |
| B major | F♯BG♯mE | |
| C major | GCAmF | |
| C♯ major | G♯C♯A♯mF♯ | |
| D major | ADBmG | |
| D♯ major | A♯D♯CmG♯ | |
| E major | BEC♯mA | |
| F major | CFDmA♯ | |
| F♯ major | C♯F♯D♯mB | |
| G major | DGEmCall open | |
| G♯ major | D♯G♯FmC♯ |
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.
