10 distinct chords · 96 changes · 5:14 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯
- D♯m
- B
- G♯m
- C♯
- D♯
- A♯m
- G♯
- Fm
- F
What you are playing
Chords for I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me), laid out across its 5:14 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in C♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes F Dm A♯ Gm C D Am G Em E, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 10 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 Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G♯ major | C♯A♯mF♯D♯mG♯A♯FmD♯CmC | |
| A major | DBmGEmABF♯mEC♯mC♯ | |
| A♯ major | D♯CmG♯FmA♯CGmFDmD | |
| B major | EC♯mAF♯mBC♯G♯mF♯D♯mD♯ | |
| C major | FDmA♯GmCDAmGEmE | |
| C♯ major | F♯D♯mBG♯mC♯D♯A♯mG♯FmF | |
| D major | GEmCAmDEBmAF♯mF♯ | |
| D♯ major | G♯FmC♯A♯mD♯FCmA♯GmG | |
| E major | AF♯mDBmEF♯C♯mBG♯mG♯ | |
| F major | A♯GmD♯CmFGDmCAmA | |
| F♯ major | BG♯mEC♯mF♯G♯D♯mC♯A♯mA♯ | |
| G major | CAmFDmGAEmDBmB |
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.
