13 distinct chords · 91 changes · 3:18 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- Dm
- B♭
- C
- Gm
- Am
- Cm
- G♭
- E♭
- G
- Em
- E
- Bm
What you are playing
Chords for I Can’t Handle Change, laid out across its 3:18 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes D Bm G A Em F♯m Am D♯ C E C♯m C♯ G♯m, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 13 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 Can’t Handle Change 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C major | CAmFGDmEmGmC♯A♯DBmBF♯m | |
| C♯ major | C♯A♯mF♯G♯D♯mFmG♯mDBD♯CmCGm | |
| D major | DBmGAEmF♯mAmD♯CEC♯mC♯G♯m | |
| D♯ major | D♯CmG♯A♯FmGmA♯mEC♯FDmDAm | |
| E major | EC♯mABF♯mG♯mBmFDF♯D♯mD♯A♯m | |
| F major | FDmB♭CGmAmCmG♭E♭GEmEBm | |
| F♯ major | F♯D♯mBC♯G♯mA♯mC♯mGEG♯FmFCm | |
| G major | GEmCDAmBmDmG♯FAF♯mF♯C♯m | |
| G♯ major | G♯FmC♯D♯A♯mCmD♯mAF♯A♯GmGDm | |
| A major | AF♯mDEBmC♯mEmA♯GBG♯mG♯D♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯GmD♯FCmDmFmBG♯CAmAEm | |
| B major | BG♯mEF♯C♯mD♯mF♯mCAC♯A♯mA♯Fm |
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.
