5 distinct chords · 88 changes · 2:45 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- C
- Dm
- B♭
- G
What you are playing
Chords for Body Like A Back Road, laid out across its 2:45 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 A Bm G E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 Body Like A Back Road 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 | CGAmFD | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯A♯mF♯D♯ | |
| D major | DABmGE | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯CmG♯F | |
| E major | EBC♯mAF♯ | |
| F major | FCDmB♭G | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯D♯mBG♯ | |
| G major | GDEmCAall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯FmC♯A♯ | |
| A major | AEF♯mDB | |
| A♯ major | A♯FGmD♯C | |
| B major | BF♯G♯mEC♯ |
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.
