3 distinct chords · 74 changes · 3:05 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Bm
- A
- E
What you are playing
Chords for What I Want, laid out across its 3:05 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Am G D, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 3 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 What I Want 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 |
|---|---|---|
| E major | F♯mEB | |
| F major | GmFC | |
| F♯ major | G♯mF♯C♯ | |
| G major | AmGDall open | |
| G♯ major | A♯mG♯D♯ | |
| A major | BmAE | |
| A♯ major | CmA♯F | |
| B major | C♯mBF♯ | |
| C major | DmCGall open | |
| C♯ major | D♯mC♯G♯ | |
| D major | EmDAall open | |
| D♯ major | FmD♯A♯ |
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.
