16 distinct chords · 89 changes · 5:29 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- C
- A♯
- Fm
- D♯
- F
- Cm
- G
- Dm
- G♯
- C♯
- G♯m
- F♯
- E
- B
- Em
- D
What you are playing
Chords for Cast 2021 - America (From "West Side Story"), laid out across its 5:29 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 3 the same song becomes A G Dm C D Am E Bm F A♯ Fm D♯ C♯ G♯ C♯m B, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 16 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 Cast 2021 - America (From "West Side Story") 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 |
|---|---|
| GFCmA♯CGmDAmD♯G♯D♯mC♯BF♯BmA | |
| G♯F♯C♯mBC♯G♯mD♯A♯mEAEmDCGCmA♯ | |
| AGDmCDAmEBmFA♯FmD♯C♯G♯C♯mB | |
| A♯G♯D♯mC♯D♯A♯mFCmF♯BF♯mEDADmC | |
| BAEmDEBmF♯C♯mGCGmFD♯A♯D♯mC♯ | |
| CA♯FmD♯FCmGDmG♯C♯G♯mF♯EBEmD | |
| C♯BF♯mEF♯C♯mG♯D♯mADAmGFCFmD♯ | |
| DCGmFGDmAEmA♯D♯A♯mG♯F♯C♯F♯mE | |
| D♯C♯G♯mF♯G♯D♯mA♯FmBEBmAGDGmF | |
| EDAmGAEmBF♯mCFCmA♯G♯D♯G♯mF♯ | |
| FD♯A♯mG♯A♯FmCGmC♯F♯C♯mBAEAmG | |
| F♯EBmABF♯mC♯G♯mDGDmCA♯FA♯mG♯ |
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.
