Original: Be In Want — chords
6 distinct chords · 180 changes · 5:51 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯m
- A
- E
- B
- F♯
- G♯m
What you are playing
Chords for Original: Be In Want, laid out across its 5:51 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes Am F C G D Em, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 6 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 Original: Be In 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | G♯mEBF♯C♯D♯m | |
| C major | AmFCGDEm | |
| C♯ major | A♯mF♯C♯G♯D♯Fm | |
| D major | BmGDAEF♯m | |
| D♯ major | CmG♯D♯A♯FGm | |
| E major | C♯mAEBF♯G♯m | |
| F major | DmA♯FCGAm | |
| F♯ major | D♯mBF♯C♯G♯A♯m | |
| G major | EmCGDABm | |
| G♯ major | FmC♯G♯D♯A♯Cm | |
| A major | F♯mDAEBC♯m | |
| A♯ major | GmD♯A♯FCDm |
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.
