6 distinct chords · 117 changes · 4:07 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- Bm
- A
- E
- B
- G
- D
What you are playing
Chords for Love Is A Long Road, laid out across its 4:07 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 7 the same song becomes Em D A E C G, every one of them an open shape. Every one of its 6 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 Love Is A Long Road 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 |
|---|---|---|
| B major | F♯mEBF♯DA | |
| C major | GmFCGD♯A♯ | |
| C♯ major | G♯mF♯C♯G♯EB | |
| D major | AmGDAFC | |
| D♯ major | A♯mG♯D♯A♯F♯C♯ | |
| E major | BmAEBGD | |
| F major | CmA♯FCG♯D♯ | |
| F♯ major | C♯mBF♯C♯AE | |
| G major | DmCGDA♯F | |
| G♯ major | D♯mC♯G♯D♯BF♯ | |
| A major | EmDAECGall open | |
| A♯ major | FmD♯A♯FC♯G♯ |
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.
