6 distinct chords · 84 changes · 3:05 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- B
- C♯m
- G♯
- A
- C♯
What you are playing
Chords for La Bamba [cumbia del recuerdo], laid out across its 3:05 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ minor. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes C G Am E F A, 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 La Bamba [cumbia del recuerdo] 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♯ minor | BF♯G♯mD♯EG♯ | |
| A minor | CGAmEFA | |
| A♯ minor | C♯G♯A♯mFF♯A♯ | |
| B minor | DABmF♯GB | |
| C minor | D♯A♯CmGG♯C | |
| C♯ minor | EBC♯mG♯AC♯ | |
| D minor | FCDmAA♯D | |
| D♯ minor | F♯C♯D♯mA♯BD♯ | |
| E minor | GDEmBCE | |
| F minor | G♯D♯FmCC♯F | |
| F♯ minor | AEF♯mC♯DF♯ | |
| G minor | A♯FGmDD♯G |
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.
