4 distinct chords · 103 changes · 5:45 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E
- A
- B
- C♯m
What you are playing
Chords for But Daddy I Love Him, laid out across its 5:45 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes D G A Bm, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 4 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 But Daddy I Love Him 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | BEF♯G♯m | |
| C major | CFGAm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯G♯A♯m | |
| D major | DGABm | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯A♯Cm | |
| E major | EABC♯m | |
| F major | FA♯CDm | |
| F♯ major | F♯BC♯D♯m | |
| G major | GCDEmall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯D♯Fm | |
| A major | ADEF♯m | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯FGm |
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.
