10 distinct chords · 93 changes · 2:25 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F
- B♭
- Gm
- C
- Dm
- G
- D
- Bm
- Em
- A
What you are playing
Chords for A Summer Place, laid out across its 2:25 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 5 the same song becomes C F Dm G Am D A F♯m Bm E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 10 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 Summer Place 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 |
|---|---|
| CFDmGAmDAF♯mBmE | |
| C♯F♯D♯mG♯A♯mD♯A♯GmCmF | |
| DGEmABmEBG♯mC♯mF♯ | |
| D♯G♯FmA♯CmFCAmDmG | |
| EAF♯mBC♯mF♯C♯A♯mD♯mG♯ | |
| FB♭GmCDmGDBmEmA | |
| F♯BG♯mC♯D♯mG♯D♯CmFmA♯ | |
| GCAmDEmAEC♯mF♯mB | |
| G♯C♯A♯mD♯FmA♯FDmGmC | |
| ADBmEF♯mBF♯D♯mG♯mC♯ | |
| A♯D♯CmFGmCGEmAmD | |
| BEC♯mF♯G♯mC♯G♯FmA♯mD♯ |
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.
