14 distinct chords · 88 changes · 3:13 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Dm
- C
- F
- Em
- Am
- A
- B
- D♭
- G♭
- E♭
- B♭m
- A♭m
- A♭
- E♭m
What you are playing
Chords for Gimme a Hug, laid out across its 3:13 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 6 the same song becomes G♯m F♯ B A♯m D♯m D♯ F G C A Em Dm D Am, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 14 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 Gimme a Hug 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| AmGCBmEmEF♯G♯C♯A♯FmD♯mD♯A♯m | |
| A♯mG♯C♯CmFmFGADBF♯mEmEBm | |
| BmADC♯mF♯mF♯G♯A♯D♯CGmFmFCm | |
| CmA♯D♯DmGmGABEC♯G♯mF♯mF♯C♯m | |
| C♯mBED♯mG♯mG♯A♯CFDAmGmGDm | |
| DmCFEmAmABD♭G♭E♭B♭mA♭mA♭E♭m | |
| D♯mC♯F♯FmA♯mA♯CDGEBmAmAEm | |
| EmDGF♯mBmBC♯D♯G♯FCmA♯mA♯Fm | |
| FmD♯G♯GmCmCDEAF♯C♯mBmBF♯m | |
| F♯mEAG♯mC♯mC♯D♯FA♯GDmCmCGm | |
| GmFA♯AmDmDEF♯BG♯D♯mC♯mC♯G♯m | |
| G♯mF♯BA♯mD♯mD♯FGCAEmDmDAm |
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.
