8 distinct chords · 88 changes · 4:40 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B
- E
- A
- Em
- G
- Bm
- D
- F
What you are playing
Chords for I Can't Drive 55, laid out across its 4:40 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 7 the same song becomes E A D Am C Em G A♯, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 8 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 Drive 55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | F♯BEBmDF♯mAC | |
| C major | GCFCmD♯GmA♯C♯ | |
| C♯ major | G♯C♯F♯C♯mEG♯mBD | |
| D major | ADGDmFAmCD♯ | |
| D♯ major | A♯D♯G♯D♯mF♯A♯mC♯E | |
| E major | BEAEmGBmDF | |
| F major | CFA♯FmG♯CmD♯F♯ | |
| F♯ major | C♯F♯BF♯mAC♯mEG | |
| G major | DGCGmA♯DmFG♯ | |
| G♯ major | D♯G♯C♯G♯mBD♯mF♯A | |
| A major | EADAmCEmGA♯ | |
| A♯ major | FA♯D♯A♯mC♯FmG♯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.
