5 distinct chords · 54 changes · 3:42 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- F
- G
- Am
- A♯
What you are playing
Chords for I Can Do It With A Broken Heart, laid out across its 3:42 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes A D E F♯m G, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 I Can Do It With A Broken Heart 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 | GCDEmF | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯D♯FmF♯ | |
| A major | ADEF♯mG | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯FGmG♯ | |
| B major | BEF♯G♯mA | |
| C major | CFGAmA♯ | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯G♯A♯mB | |
| D major | DGABmC | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯A♯CmC♯ | |
| E major | EABC♯mD | |
| F major | FA♯CDmD♯ | |
| F♯ major | F♯BC♯D♯mE |
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.
