8 distinct chords · 114 changes · 4:10 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- Gm
- Cm
- C
- D♯
- A♯
- D
- Dm
What you are playing
Chords for A Way, laid out across its 4:10 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes E Em Am A C G B Bm, which sits easier under the hand. 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 A Way 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 | Chords |
|---|---|
| DDmGmGA♯FAAm | |
| D♯D♯mG♯mG♯BF♯A♯A♯m | |
| EEmAmACGBBm | |
| FFmA♯mA♯C♯G♯CCm | |
| F♯F♯mBmBDAC♯C♯m | |
| GGmCmCD♯A♯DDm | |
| G♯G♯mC♯mC♯EBD♯D♯m | |
| AAmDmDFCEEm | |
| A♯A♯mD♯mD♯F♯C♯FFm | |
| BBmEmEGDF♯F♯m | |
| CCmFmFG♯D♯GGm | |
| C♯C♯mF♯mF♯AEG♯G♯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.
