8 distinct chords · 43 changes · 2:33 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- B
- E
- F♯
- F♯m
- A
- G♯m
- C♯
- C♯m
What you are playing
Chords for If I Could Turn Back Time, laid out across its 2:33 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in B major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 4 the same song becomes G C D Dm F Em A Am, which sits easier under the hand. 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 If I Could Turn Back Time 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 |
|---|---|---|
| F♯ major | F♯BC♯C♯mED♯mG♯G♯m | |
| G major | GCDDmFEmAAm | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯D♯D♯mF♯FmA♯A♯m | |
| A major | ADEEmGF♯mBBm | |
| A♯ major | A♯D♯FFmG♯GmCCm | |
| B major | BEF♯F♯mAG♯mC♯C♯m | |
| C major | CFGGmA♯AmDDm | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯G♯G♯mBA♯mD♯D♯m | |
| D major | DGAAmCBmEEm | |
| D♯ major | D♯G♯A♯A♯mC♯CmFFm | |
| E major | EABBmDC♯mF♯F♯m | |
| F major | FA♯CCmD♯DmGGm |
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.
