6 distinct chords · 59 changes · 3:31 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- B
- C♯m
- E
- Bm
- F♯m
What you are playing
Chords for I Want To Break Free (Live At Wembley), laid out across its 3:31 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes G A Bm D Am Em, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 6 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 I Want To Break Free (Live At Wembley) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | EF♯G♯mBF♯mC♯m | |
| C major | FGAmCGmDm | |
| C♯ major | F♯G♯A♯mC♯G♯mD♯m | |
| D major | GABmDAmEm | |
| D♯ major | G♯A♯CmD♯A♯mFm | |
| E major | ABC♯mEBmF♯m | |
| F major | A♯CDmFCmGm | |
| F♯ major | BC♯D♯mF♯C♯mG♯m | |
| G major | CDEmGDmAmall open | |
| G♯ major | C♯D♯FmG♯D♯mA♯m | |
| A major | DEF♯mAEmBm | |
| A♯ major | D♯FGmA♯FmCm |
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.
