9 distinct chords · 69 changes · 2:11 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- G♯m
- G
- G♯
- F♯
- B
- C♯
- D♯
- D♯m
What you are playing
Chords for Smoke & Mirrors, laid out across its 2:11 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes C Em D♯ E D G A B Bm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 9 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 Smoke & Mirrors 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 |
|---|---|---|
| D♯ minor | BD♯mDD♯C♯F♯G♯A♯A♯m | |
| E minor | CEmD♯EDGABBm | |
| F minor | C♯FmEFD♯G♯A♯CCm | |
| F♯ minor | DF♯mFF♯EABC♯C♯m | |
| G minor | D♯GmF♯GFA♯CDDm | |
| G♯ minor | EG♯mGG♯F♯BC♯D♯D♯m | |
| A minor | FAmG♯AGCDEEm | |
| A♯ minor | F♯A♯mAA♯G♯C♯D♯FFm | |
| B minor | GBmA♯BADEF♯F♯m | |
| C minor | G♯CmBCA♯D♯FGGm | |
| C♯ minor | AC♯mCC♯BEF♯G♯G♯m | |
| D minor | A♯DmC♯DCFGAAm |
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.
