5 distinct chords · 36 changes · 3:48 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- C
- B♭
- Gm
- Dm
What you are playing
Chords for Over My Head (Cable Car) [The Fray cover], laid out across its 3:48 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes D A G Em Bm, 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 Over My Head (Cable Car) [The Fray cover] 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C major | CGFDmAm | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯F♯D♯mA♯m | |
| D major | DAGEmBm | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯G♯FmCm | |
| E major | EBAF♯mC♯m | |
| F major | FCB♭GmDm | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯BG♯mD♯m | |
| G major | GDCAmEmall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯C♯A♯mFm | |
| A major | AEDBmF♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯FD♯CmGm | |
| B major | BF♯EC♯mG♯m |
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.
