10 distinct chords · 130 changes · 3:50 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E♭
- D♭
- F
- E♭m
- A♭
- B♭m
- Fm
- G♭
- B♭
- Gm
What you are playing
Chords for Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin') ft. Yung Joc, laid out across its 3:50 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes D C E Dm G Am Em F A F♯m, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 10 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 Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin') ft. Yung Joc 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G♯ major | A♯G♯CA♯mD♯FmCmC♯FDm | |
| A major | BAC♯BmEF♯mC♯mDF♯D♯m | |
| A♯ major | CA♯DCmFGmDmD♯GEm | |
| B major | C♯BD♯C♯mF♯G♯mD♯mEG♯Fm | |
| C major | DCEDmGAmEmFAF♯m | |
| C♯ major | E♭D♭FE♭mA♭B♭mFmG♭B♭Gm | |
| D major | EDF♯EmABmF♯mGBG♯m | |
| D♯ major | FD♯GFmA♯CmGmG♯CAm | |
| E major | F♯EG♯F♯mBC♯mG♯mAC♯A♯m | |
| F major | GFAGmCDmAmA♯DBm | |
| F♯ major | G♯F♯A♯G♯mC♯D♯mA♯mBD♯Cm | |
| G major | AGBAmDEmBmCEC♯m |
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.
