10 distinct chords · 148 changes · 4:11 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- Bm
- D
- F♯m
- E
- C♯m
- A♯
- Cm
- D♯
- F
What you are playing
Chords for I Knew I Loved You, laid out across its 4:11 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes G Am C Em D Bm G♯ A♯m C♯ D♯, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 10 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 Knew I Loved You 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| EF♯mAC♯mBG♯mFGmA♯C | |
| FGmA♯DmCAmF♯G♯mBC♯ | |
| F♯G♯mBD♯mC♯A♯mGAmCD | |
| GAmCEmDBmG♯A♯mC♯D♯ | |
| G♯A♯mC♯FmD♯CmABmDE | |
| ABmDF♯mEC♯mA♯CmD♯F | |
| A♯CmD♯GmFDmBC♯mEF♯ | |
| BC♯mEG♯mF♯D♯mCDmFG | |
| CDmFAmGEmC♯D♯mF♯G♯ | |
| C♯D♯mF♯A♯mG♯FmDEmGA | |
| DEmGBmAF♯mD♯FmG♯A♯ | |
| D♯FmG♯CmA♯GmEF♯mAB |
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.
