4 distinct chords · 55 changes · 2:39 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B♭
- E♭
- C
- F
What you are playing
Chords for Johnny Preston - Original recording, laid out across its 2:39 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in A♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes G C A D, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 Johnny Preston - Original recording 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 | FA♯GC | |
| F♯ major | F♯BG♯C♯ | |
| G major | GCADall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯A♯D♯ | |
| A major | ADBE | |
| A♯ major | B♭E♭CF | |
| B major | BEC♯F♯ | |
| C major | CFDG | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯D♯G♯ | |
| D major | DGEAall open | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯FA♯ | |
| E major | EAF♯B |
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.
