Guitar key chart

In many of my lessons, I talk about how you can change the key in which you are playing your guitar by putting a capo on a given fret. The capo accomplishes this by essentially shortening the strings, thereby changing the pitch of the guitar.

To help you determine where to place the capo and which chords to finger to play a particular key, I have prepared a guitar key chart. This chart will tell you which key you are playing in depending on where the capo is and what chords you are playing. Most of the chords used in this chart are easy-to-play "open position" chords.

This chart can come in handy if you are playing with other musicians and you need to play a favorite song in a different key (e.g., to accommodate a singer's voice range), or if you want to play a popular song in the correct key but use a different set of chords that are easier for you to play:

Key	Fret position (Capo)	Major chord progressions	Relative minor chords
A	No capo	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
A	2	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
A	7	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
Ab	1	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
Ab	6	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
Ab	8	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
B	2	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
B	4	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
Bb	1	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
Bb	3	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
Bb	8	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
C	No capo	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
C	3	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
C	5	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
C#	1	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
C#	4	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
C#	6	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
D	No capo	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
D	2	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
D	5	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
D	7	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
E	2	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
E	4	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
E	7	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
Eb	1	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
Eb	3	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
Eb	6	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
Eb	8	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
F	3	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
F	5	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
F	8	A-D-E	F#m-Bm-Dbm
F#	4	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
F#	6	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em
G	No capo	G-C-D	Em-Am-Bm
G	5	D-G-A	Bm-Em-F#m
G	7	C-F-G	Am-Dm-Em