6 distinct chords · 104 changes · 4:50 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- Em
- D
- C
- Am
- Bm
What you are playing
Chords for I Belong to the Zoo, laid out across its 4:50 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G 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 I Belong to the Zoo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D major | DBmAGEmF♯m | |
| D♯ major | D♯CmA♯G♯FmGm | |
| E major | EC♯mBAF♯mG♯m | |
| F major | FDmCA♯GmAm | |
| F♯ major | F♯D♯mC♯BG♯mA♯m | |
| G major | GEmDCAmBm | |
| G♯ major | G♯FmD♯C♯A♯mCm | |
| A major | AF♯mEDBmC♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯GmFD♯CmDm | |
| B major | BG♯mF♯EC♯mD♯m | |
| C major | CAmGFDmEm | |
| C♯ major | C♯A♯mG♯F♯D♯mFm |
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.
