4 distinct chords · 203 changes · 4:41 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D♭
- Fm
- E♭
- A♭
What you are playing
Chords for This Is The Day [with], laid out across its 4:41 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes C Em D G, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 This Is The Day [with] 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D♯ major | G♯CmA♯D♯ | |
| E major | AC♯mBE | |
| F major | A♯DmCF | |
| F♯ major | BD♯mC♯F♯ | |
| G major | CEmDGall open | |
| G♯ major | D♭FmE♭A♭ | |
| A major | DF♯mEA | |
| A♯ major | D♯GmFA♯ | |
| B major | EG♯mF♯B | |
| C major | FAmGC | |
| C♯ major | F♯A♯mG♯C♯ | |
| D major | GBmAD |
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.
