13 distinct chords · 80 changes · 5:21 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- Fm
- A♯
- E
- Am
- G♯
- Dm
- G
- A♯m
- F♯m
- C♯
- D♯m
- F
What you are playing
Chords for I Believe I Can Fly, laid out across its 5:21 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes B Em A D♯ G♯m G C♯m F♯ Am Fm C Dm E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 13 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 Believe I Can Fly 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 |
|---|---|
| GCmFBEmD♯AmDFmC♯mG♯A♯mC | |
| G♯C♯mF♯CFmEA♯mD♯F♯mDmABmC♯ | |
| ADmGC♯F♯mFBmEGmD♯mA♯CmD | |
| A♯D♯mG♯DGmF♯CmFG♯mEmBC♯mD♯ | |
| BEmAD♯G♯mGC♯mF♯AmFmCDmE | |
| CFmA♯EAmG♯DmGA♯mF♯mC♯D♯mF | |
| C♯F♯mBFA♯mAD♯mG♯BmGmDEmF♯ | |
| DGmCF♯BmA♯EmACmG♯mD♯FmG | |
| D♯G♯mC♯GCmBFmA♯C♯mAmEF♯mG♯ | |
| EAmDG♯C♯mCF♯mBDmA♯mFGmA | |
| FA♯mD♯ADmC♯GmCD♯mBmF♯G♯mA♯ | |
| F♯BmEA♯D♯mDG♯mC♯EmCmGAmB |
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.
