14 distinct chords · 123 changes · 2:57 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- F
- A♯
- D♯
- G♯
- A
- Am
- F♯m
- D
- B
- E
- Bm
- Em
- C
What you are playing
Chords for Light My Fire - Ed Sullivan Show, laid out across its 2:57 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 7 the same song becomes C A♯ D♯ G♯ C♯ D Dm Bm G E A Em Am F, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 14 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 Light My Fire - Ed Sullivan Show 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 |
|---|---|
| DCFA♯D♯EEmC♯mAF♯BF♯mBmG | |
| D♯C♯F♯BEFFmDmA♯GCGmCmG♯ | |
| EDGCFF♯F♯mD♯mBG♯C♯G♯mC♯mA | |
| FD♯G♯C♯F♯GGmEmCADAmDmA♯ | |
| F♯EADGG♯G♯mFmC♯A♯D♯A♯mD♯mB | |
| GFA♯D♯G♯AAmF♯mDBEBmEmC | |
| G♯F♯BEAA♯A♯mGmD♯CFCmFmC♯ | |
| AGCFA♯BBmG♯mEC♯F♯C♯mF♯mD | |
| A♯G♯C♯F♯BCCmAmFDGDmGmD♯ | |
| BADGCC♯C♯mA♯mF♯D♯G♯D♯mG♯mE | |
| CA♯D♯G♯C♯DDmBmGEAEmAmF | |
| C♯BEADD♯D♯mCmG♯FA♯FmA♯mF♯ |
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.
