9 distinct chords · 53 changes · 2:42 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C♯m
- F♯
- C♯
- D
- A
- Bm
- G
- Em
- E
What you are playing
Chords for A Case of You • Live • 1983 • [Joni Mitchell Cover], laid out across its 2:42 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes Bm E B C G Am F Dm D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 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 A Case of You • Live • 1983 • [Joni Mitchell Cover] 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A major | G♯mC♯G♯AEF♯mDBmB | |
| A♯ major | AmDAA♯FGmD♯CmC | |
| B major | A♯mD♯A♯BF♯G♯mEC♯mC♯ | |
| C major | BmEBCGAmFDmD | |
| C♯ major | CmFCC♯G♯A♯mF♯D♯mD♯ | |
| D major | C♯mF♯C♯DABmGEmE | |
| D♯ major | DmGDD♯A♯CmG♯FmF | |
| E major | D♯mG♯D♯EBC♯mAF♯mF♯ | |
| F major | EmAEFCDmA♯GmG | |
| F♯ major | FmA♯FF♯C♯D♯mBG♯mG♯ | |
| G major | F♯mBF♯GDEmCAmA | |
| G♯ major | GmCGG♯D♯FmC♯A♯mA♯ |
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.
