5 distinct chords · 60 changes · 3:45 long
Timeline
Chord timeline
Chords in this song
- E♭
- A♭
- Cm
- Fm
- B♭
What you are playing
Chords for I Never Lie, laid out across its 3:45 exactly where they fall. Most of it sits in D♯ major. It leans on barre chords — with a capo on fret 1 the same song becomes D G Bm Em A, which sits easier under the hand. Every one of its 5 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 Never Lie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A♯ major | A♯D♯GmCmF | |
| B major | BEG♯mC♯mF♯ | |
| C major | CFAmDmG | |
| C♯ major | C♯F♯A♯mD♯mG♯ | |
| D major | DGBmEmA | |
| D♯ major | E♭A♭CmFmB♭ | |
| E major | EAC♯mF♯mB | |
| F major | FA♯DmGmC | |
| F♯ major | F♯BD♯mG♯mC♯ | |
| G major | GCEmAmDall open | |
| G♯ major | G♯C♯FmA♯mD♯ | |
| A major | ADF♯mBmE |
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.
