8 distinct chords · 110 changes · 4:26 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G♯m
- F♯
- D♯m
- C♯
- B
- Bm
- D♯
- G♯
What you are playing
Chords for I Need a Girl (Pt. 1) (ft. Usher & Loon), laid out across its 4:26 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes Dm C Am G F Fm A D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 8 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 I Need a Girl (Pt. 1) (ft. Usher & Loon) 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 | D♯mC♯A♯mG♯F♯F♯mA♯D♯ | |
| D major | EmDBmAGGmBE | |
| D♯ major | FmD♯CmA♯G♯G♯mCF | |
| E major | F♯mEC♯mBAAmC♯F♯ | |
| F major | GmFDmCA♯A♯mDG | |
| F♯ major | G♯mF♯D♯mC♯BBmD♯G♯ | |
| G major | AmGEmDCCmEA | |
| G♯ major | A♯mG♯FmD♯C♯C♯mFA♯ | |
| A major | BmAF♯mEDDmF♯B | |
| A♯ major | CmA♯GmFD♯D♯mGC | |
| B major | C♯mBG♯mF♯EEmG♯C♯ | |
| C major | DmCAmGFFmAD |
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.
