12 distinct chords · 65 changes · 3:18 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- A
- C
- F♯m
- Bm
- Em
- G
- E
- G♯m
- C♯m
- B
- F♯
What you are playing
Chords for Cheers to youth / Guitar Cover, laid out across its 3:18 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes C G A♯ Em Am Dm F D F♯m Bm A E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 12 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 Cheers to youth / Guitar Cover 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A major | AEGC♯mF♯mBmDBD♯mG♯mF♯C♯ | |
| A♯ major | A♯FG♯DmGmCmD♯CEmAmGD | |
| B major | BF♯AD♯mG♯mC♯mEC♯FmA♯mG♯D♯ | |
| C major | CGA♯EmAmDmFDF♯mBmAE | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯BFmA♯mD♯mF♯D♯GmCmA♯F | |
| D major | DACF♯mBmEmGEG♯mC♯mBF♯ | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯C♯GmCmFmG♯FAmDmCG | |
| E major | EBDG♯mC♯mF♯mAF♯A♯mD♯mC♯G♯ | |
| F major | FCD♯AmDmGmA♯GBmEmDA | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯EA♯mD♯mG♯mBG♯CmFmD♯A♯ | |
| G major | GDFBmEmAmCAC♯mF♯mEB | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯F♯CmFmA♯mC♯A♯DmGmFC |
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.
