4 distinct chords · 75 changes · 3:27 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- B♭
- F
- Cm
What you are playing
Chords for Start Me Up - Official Promo, laid out across its 3:27 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in F major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes A G D Am, 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 Start Me Up - Official Promo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| C major | GFCGm | |
| C♯ major | G♯F♯C♯G♯m | |
| D major | AGDAmall open | |
| D♯ major | A♯G♯D♯A♯m | |
| E major | BAEBm | |
| F major | CB♭FCm | |
| F♯ major | C♯BF♯C♯m | |
| G major | DCGDmall open | |
| G♯ major | D♯C♯G♯D♯m | |
| A major | EDAEmall open | |
| A♯ major | FD♯A♯Fm | |
| B major | F♯EBF♯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.
