10 distinct chords · 88 changes · 4:34 long
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- A
- F♯m
- D
- E
- Bm
- Em
- C♯m
- B
- G♯m
- F♯
What you are playing
Chords for I Will Always Love You, laid out across its 4:34 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in E major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 2 the same song becomes G Em C D Am Dm Bm A F♯m 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 Will Always Love You 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 | EC♯mABF♯mBmG♯mF♯D♯mC♯ | |
| C major | FDmA♯CGmCmAmGEmD | |
| C♯ major | F♯D♯mBC♯G♯mC♯mA♯mG♯FmD♯ | |
| D major | GEmCDAmDmBmAF♯mE | |
| D♯ major | G♯FmC♯D♯A♯mD♯mCmA♯GmF | |
| E major | AF♯mDEBmEmC♯mBG♯mF♯ | |
| F major | A♯GmD♯FCmFmDmCAmG | |
| F♯ major | BG♯mEF♯C♯mF♯mD♯mC♯A♯mG♯ | |
| G major | CAmFGDmGmEmDBmA | |
| G♯ major | C♯A♯mF♯G♯D♯mG♯mFmD♯CmA♯ | |
| A major | DBmGAEmAmF♯mEC♯mB | |
| A♯ major | D♯CmG♯A♯FmA♯mGmFDmC |
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.
