12 distinct chords · 74 changes · 4:15 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- D
- F♯
- Bm
- Em
- A
- F♯m
- Am
- E
- C♯m
- B
- D♯
What you are playing
Chords for What A Day That Will Be, laid out across its 4:15 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 F C E Am Dm G Em Gm D Bm A C♯, 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 What A Day That Will Be 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 | DAC♯F♯mBmEC♯mEmBG♯mF♯A♯ | |
| A♯ major | D♯A♯DGmCmFDmFmCAmGB | |
| B major | EBD♯G♯mC♯mF♯D♯mF♯mC♯A♯mG♯C | |
| C major | FCEAmDmGEmGmDBmAC♯ | |
| C♯ major | F♯C♯FA♯mD♯mG♯FmG♯mD♯CmA♯D | |
| D major | GDF♯BmEmAF♯mAmEC♯mBD♯ | |
| D♯ major | G♯D♯GCmFmA♯GmA♯mFDmCE | |
| E major | AEG♯C♯mF♯mBG♯mBmF♯D♯mC♯F | |
| F major | A♯FADmGmCAmCmGEmDF♯ | |
| F♯ major | BF♯A♯D♯mG♯mC♯A♯mC♯mG♯FmD♯G | |
| G major | CGBEmAmDBmDmAF♯mEG♯ | |
| G♯ major | C♯G♯CFmA♯mD♯CmD♯mA♯GmFA |
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.
