5 distinct chords · 69 changes · 3:16 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D♭
- Fm
- A♭
- E♭
- F
What you are playing
Chords for Dancing With A Stranger, laid out across its 3:16 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes C Em G D E, every one of them an open shape. 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 Dancing With A Stranger 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 minor | G♯CmD♯A♯C | |
| C♯ minor | AC♯mEBC♯ | |
| D minor | A♯DmFCD | |
| D♯ minor | BD♯mF♯C♯D♯ | |
| E minor | CEmGDEall open | |
| F minor | D♭FmA♭E♭F | |
| F♯ minor | DF♯mAEF♯ | |
| G minor | D♯GmA♯FG | |
| G♯ minor | EG♯mBF♯G♯ | |
| A minor | FAmCGA | |
| A♯ minor | F♯A♯mC♯G♯A♯ | |
| B minor | GBmDAB |
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.
