19 distinct chords · 121 changes · 4:50 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- G
- Em
- C
- Am
- Dm
- D
- Bm
- D♯
- Cm
- Gm
- A♯
- F
- A
- G♯m
- C♯m
- D♯m
- F♯
- E
- B
What you are playing
Chords for I Have Nothing, laid out across its 4:50 exactly where they fall. It leans on barre chords, and no capo position opens all of them up. Every one of its 19 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 Have Nothing 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 |
|---|---|
| DBmGEmAmAF♯mA♯GmDmFCED♯mG♯mA♯mC♯BF♯ | |
| D♯CmG♯FmA♯mA♯GmBG♯mD♯mF♯C♯FEmAmBmDCG | |
| EC♯mAF♯mBmBG♯mCAmEmGDF♯FmA♯mCmD♯C♯G♯ | |
| FDmA♯GmCmCAmC♯A♯mFmG♯D♯GF♯mBmC♯mEDA | |
| F♯D♯mBG♯mC♯mC♯A♯mDBmF♯mAEG♯GmCmDmFD♯A♯ | |
| GEmCAmDmDBmD♯CmGmA♯FAG♯mC♯mD♯mF♯EB | |
| G♯FmC♯A♯mD♯mD♯CmEC♯mG♯mBF♯A♯AmDmEmGFC | |
| AF♯mDBmEmEC♯mFDmAmCGBA♯mD♯mFmG♯F♯C♯ | |
| A♯GmD♯CmFmFDmF♯D♯mA♯mC♯G♯CBmEmF♯mAGD | |
| BG♯mEC♯mF♯mF♯D♯mGEmBmDAC♯CmFmGmA♯G♯D♯ | |
| CAmFDmGmGEmG♯FmCmD♯A♯DC♯mF♯mG♯mBAE | |
| C♯A♯mF♯D♯mG♯mG♯FmAF♯mC♯mEBD♯DmGmAmCA♯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.








