8 distinct chords · 118 changes · 3:10 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭
- Cm
- D♭
- A♭
- C
- Fm
- B♭m
- F
What you are playing
Chords for BACKD00R [feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jhene Aiko], laid out across its 3:10 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes A Bm C G B Em Am E, 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 BACKD00R [feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jhene Aiko] 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 |
|---|---|
| FGmG♯D♯GCmFmC | |
| F♯G♯mAEG♯C♯mF♯mC♯ | |
| GAmA♯FADmGmD | |
| G♯A♯mBF♯A♯D♯mG♯mD♯ | |
| ABmCGBEmAmE | |
| B♭CmD♭A♭CFmB♭mF | |
| BC♯mDAC♯F♯mBmF♯ | |
| CDmD♯A♯DGmCmG | |
| C♯D♯mEBD♯G♯mC♯mG♯ | |
| DEmFCEAmDmA | |
| D♯FmF♯C♯FA♯mD♯mA♯ | |
| EF♯mGDF♯BmEmB |
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.
