4 distinct chords · 105 changes · 4:56 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- G
- Am
- F
What you are playing
Chords for Let It Be - Solo Piano, laid out across its 4:56 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes G D Em C, every one of them an open shape. 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 Let It Be - Solo Piano 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 | GDEmCall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯D♯FmC♯ | |
| A major | AEF♯mD | |
| A♯ major | A♯FGmD♯ | |
| B major | BF♯G♯mE | |
| C major | CGAmF | |
| C♯ major | C♯G♯A♯mF♯ | |
| D major | DABmG | |
| D♯ major | D♯A♯CmG♯ | |
| E major | EBC♯mA | |
| F major | FCDmA♯ | |
| F♯ major | F♯C♯D♯mB |
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.
