5 distinct chords · 44 changes · 3:04 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B
- E
- D♯m
- C♯m
- G♯
What you are playing
Chords for Flowers for u, laid out across its 3:04 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in B major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes G C Bm Am E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 Flowers for u 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♯BA♯mG♯mD♯ | |
| G major | GCBmAmE | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯CmA♯mF | |
| A major | ADC♯mBmF♯ | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯DmCmG | |
| B major | BED♯mC♯mG♯ | |
| C major | CFEmDmA | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯FmD♯mA♯ | |
| D major | DGF♯mEmB | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯GmFmC | |
| E major | EAG♯mF♯mC♯ | |
| F major | FA♯AmGmD |
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.
