Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam (Live On MTV Unplugged, 1993 / Unedited) — chords
5 distinct chords · 97 changes · 4:37 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E♭
- D♭
- A♭
- E
- G♭
What you are playing
Chords for Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam (Live On MTV Unplugged, 1993 / Unedited), laid out across its 4:37 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes B A E C D, 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 Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam (Live On MTV Unplugged, 1993 / Unedited) 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 | A♯G♯D♯BC♯ | |
| E major | BAECD | |
| F major | CA♯FC♯D♯ | |
| F♯ major | C♯BF♯DE | |
| G major | DCGD♯F | |
| G♯ major | E♭D♭A♭EG♭ | |
| A major | EDAFG | |
| A♯ major | FD♯A♯F♯G♯ | |
| B major | F♯EBGA | |
| C major | GFCG♯A♯ | |
| C♯ major | G♯F♯C♯AB | |
| D major | AGDA♯C |
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.
