8 distinct chords · 108 changes · 4:25 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Bm
- Dm
- A
- G
- D
- F♯m
- C
- B
What you are playing
Chords for I Think We're Alone Now, laid out across its 4:25 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D major. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. 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 I Think We're Alone Now 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A major | F♯mAmEDAC♯mGF♯ | |
| A♯ major | GmA♯mFD♯A♯DmG♯G | |
| B major | G♯mBmF♯EBD♯mAG♯ | |
| C major | AmCmGFCEmA♯A | |
| C♯ major | A♯mC♯mG♯F♯C♯FmBA♯ | |
| D major | BmDmAGDF♯mCB | |
| D♯ major | CmD♯mA♯G♯D♯GmC♯C | |
| E major | C♯mEmBAEG♯mDC♯ | |
| F major | DmFmCA♯FAmD♯D | |
| F♯ major | D♯mF♯mC♯BF♯A♯mED♯ | |
| G major | EmGmDCGBmFE | |
| G♯ major | FmG♯mD♯C♯G♯CmF♯F |
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.
