6 distinct chords · 80 changes · 5:30 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B
- F♯m
- E
- A
- C♯m
- F♯
What you are playing
Chords for The Only Exception - NRK, laid out across its 5:30 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in B major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes A Em D G Bm E, 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 The Only Exception - NRK 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 |
|---|---|---|
| F♯ major | F♯C♯mBEG♯mC♯ | |
| G major | GDmCFAmD | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯mC♯F♯A♯mD♯ | |
| A major | AEmDGBmE | |
| A♯ major | A♯FmD♯G♯CmF | |
| B major | BF♯mEAC♯mF♯ | |
| C major | CGmFA♯DmG | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯mF♯BD♯mG♯ | |
| D major | DAmGCEmAall open | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯mG♯C♯FmA♯ | |
| E major | EBmADF♯mB | |
| F major | FCmA♯D♯GmC |
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.
