Chord Transposer
Paste in any chord sheet and instantly transpose it to any key — guitar, piano, ukulele, and more.
Works best with chord-only lines. Non-chord words (lyrics, annotations) are preserved unchanged.
Paste your chord sheet above to get started.
How to Transpose Guitar Chords
To transpose guitar chords, paste your chord sheet into the tool above, select your current key in the “From” selector, then choose your target key in the “To” selector. The transposed chords appear instantly. Copy them and you're done. The tool handles all chord types: triads, seventh chords, sus chords, slash chords (like G/B), and more.
Why Transpose Chords?
Transposing chords is one of the most common tasks for guitarists and musicians. You might need to transpose a song to match a vocalist's range, to make it easier to play with open chord shapes, or to use a capo. For example, a song in E♭ major can be transposed to D major (one semitone down) so you can play open-position D-shape chords instead of barre chords — then use a capo on fret 1 to restore the original pitch. Use our capo chart to find the exact capo position for any target key.
What Is Chord Transposition?
Chord transposition is the process of shifting every chord in a piece of music by the same interval, up or down by a set number of semitones. The harmonic relationships between chords stay identical; only the pitch level changes. A I–IV–V progression in G (G–C–D) becomes the same I–IV–V progression in A (A–D–E) when transposed up two semitones. Transposing doesn't change the feel of a song, only the key it's played in.
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