5 distinct chords · 94 changes · 2:44 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- F
- G
- D
- Dm
What you are playing
Chords for I'm a Believer, laid out across its 2:44 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in G major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes G C D A Am, every one of them an open shape. 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'm a Believer 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 | GCDAAmall open | |
| D♯ major | G♯C♯D♯A♯A♯m | |
| E major | ADEBBm | |
| F major | A♯D♯FCCm | |
| F♯ major | BEF♯C♯C♯m | |
| G major | CFGDDm | |
| G♯ major | C♯F♯G♯D♯D♯m | |
| A major | DGAEEmall open | |
| A♯ major | D♯G♯A♯FFm | |
| B major | EABF♯F♯m | |
| C major | FA♯CGGm | |
| C♯ major | F♯BC♯G♯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.
