7 distinct chords · 98 changes · 3:31 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯m
- A
- E
- D
- Bm
- F♯m
- B
What you are playing
Chords for Leaving On A Jet Plane, laid out across its 3:31 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Bm G D C Am Em A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 7 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 Leaving On A Jet Plane 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 |
|---|---|---|
| E major | G♯mEBAF♯mC♯mF♯ | |
| F major | AmFCA♯GmDmG | |
| F♯ major | A♯mF♯C♯BG♯mD♯mG♯ | |
| G major | BmGDCAmEmA | |
| G♯ major | CmG♯D♯C♯A♯mFmA♯ | |
| A major | C♯mAEDBmF♯mB | |
| A♯ major | DmA♯FD♯CmGmC | |
| B major | D♯mBF♯EC♯mG♯mC♯ | |
| C major | EmCGFDmAmD | |
| C♯ major | FmC♯G♯F♯D♯mA♯mD♯ | |
| D major | F♯mDAGEmBmE | |
| D♯ major | GmD♯A♯G♯FmCmF |
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.
