8 distinct chords · 81 changes · 2:25 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- D
- G
- E
- B
- C
- Em
- Dm
- Am
What you are playing
Chords for I Want To Hold Your Hand, laid out across its 2:25 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 8 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 Want To Hold Your Hand 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 major | ADBF♯GBmAmEm | |
| D♯ major | A♯D♯CGG♯CmA♯mFm | |
| E major | BEC♯G♯AC♯mBmF♯m | |
| F major | CFDAA♯DmCmGm | |
| F♯ major | C♯F♯D♯A♯BD♯mC♯mG♯m | |
| G major | DGEBCEmDmAm | |
| G♯ major | D♯G♯FCC♯FmD♯mA♯m | |
| A major | EAF♯C♯DF♯mEmBm | |
| A♯ major | FA♯GDD♯GmFmCm | |
| B major | F♯BG♯D♯EG♯mF♯mC♯m | |
| C major | GCAEFAmGmDm | |
| C♯ major | G♯C♯A♯FF♯A♯mG♯mD♯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.
