6 distinct chords · 57 changes · 2:13 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- Dm
- B♭
- C
- Am
- G
What you are playing
Chords for Pretty blue Eyes (Stella Stevens - Jerry Lewis), laid out across its 2:13 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes C Am F G Em D, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 6 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 Pretty blue Eyes (Stella Stevens - Jerry Lewis) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C major | CAmFGEmD | |
| C♯ major | C♯A♯mF♯G♯FmD♯ | |
| D major | DBmGAF♯mE | |
| D♯ major | D♯CmG♯A♯GmF | |
| E major | EC♯mABG♯mF♯ | |
| F major | FDmB♭CAmG | |
| F♯ major | F♯D♯mBC♯A♯mG♯ | |
| G major | GEmCDBmA | |
| G♯ major | G♯FmC♯D♯CmA♯ | |
| A major | AF♯mDEC♯mB | |
| A♯ major | A♯GmD♯FDmC | |
| B major | BG♯mEF♯D♯mC♯ |
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.
