4 distinct chords · 40 changes · 2:44 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- A♯
- F
- Gm
What you are playing
Chords for Aretha Franklin ft. Smokey Robinson - Live, laid out across its 2:44 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 A G D Em, 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 Aretha Franklin ft. Smokey Robinson - Live 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 | GFCDm | |
| C♯ major | G♯F♯C♯D♯m | |
| D major | AGDEmall open | |
| D♯ major | A♯G♯D♯Fm | |
| E major | BAEF♯m | |
| F major | CA♯FGm | |
| F♯ major | C♯BF♯G♯m | |
| G major | DCGAmall open | |
| G♯ major | D♯C♯G♯A♯m | |
| A major | EDABm | |
| A♯ major | FD♯A♯Cm | |
| B major | F♯EBC♯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.
