6 distinct chords · 97 changes · 3:12 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- F♯m
- E
- F♯
- C♯m
- A
- B
What you are playing
Chords for 8 Letters, laid out across its 3:12 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 Em D E Bm G A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 6 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 8 Letters 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 | C♯mBC♯G♯mEF♯ | |
| C major | DmCDAmFG | |
| C♯ major | D♯mC♯D♯A♯mF♯G♯ | |
| D major | EmDEBmGA | |
| D♯ major | FmD♯FCmG♯A♯ | |
| E major | F♯mEF♯C♯mAB | |
| F major | GmFGDmA♯C | |
| F♯ major | G♯mF♯G♯D♯mBC♯ | |
| G major | AmGAEmCDall open | |
| G♯ major | A♯mG♯A♯FmC♯D♯ | |
| A major | BmABF♯mDE | |
| A♯ major | CmA♯CGmD♯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.
