4 distinct chords · 136 changes · 3:42 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Am
- F
- G
- A
What you are playing
Chords for Rhythm Is A Dancer, laid out across its 3:42 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes Em C D E, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 4 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 Rhythm Is A Dancer 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 |
|---|---|
| EmCDEall open | |
| FmC♯D♯F | |
| F♯mDEF♯ | |
| GmD♯FG | |
| G♯mEF♯G♯ | |
| AmFGA | |
| A♯mF♯G♯A♯ | |
| BmGAB | |
| CmG♯A♯C | |
| C♯mABC♯ | |
| DmA♯CD | |
| D♯mBC♯D♯ |
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.
