6 distinct chords · 50 changes · 2:14 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Em
- C
- G
- A
- F
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for Dumb & Poetic, laid out across its 2:14 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. 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 Dumb & Poetic 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G major | BmGDECEm | |
| G♯ major | CmG♯D♯FC♯Fm | |
| A major | C♯mAEF♯DF♯m | |
| A♯ major | DmA♯FGD♯Gm | |
| B major | D♯mBF♯G♯EG♯m | |
| C major | EmCGAFAm | |
| C♯ major | FmC♯G♯A♯F♯A♯m | |
| D major | F♯mDABGBm | |
| D♯ major | GmD♯A♯CG♯Cm | |
| E major | G♯mEBC♯AC♯m | |
| F major | AmFCDA♯Dm | |
| F♯ major | A♯mF♯C♯D♯BD♯m |
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.
