Things Are Changing Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays420

Things Are Changing by Gary Clark Jr. is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, B, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro:  A-B-A-C-A-D 

A - X 2 
I-------0-----------|I 
I-----7---------0---|I 
I---6---------6-----|I 
I-------------------|I 
I-5---------5-------|I 
I-------------------|I 
B 
I-------4--------4--------4-----------|I 
I-----0--------0--------0--------0----|I 
I---6--------6--------6--------6------|I 
I-------------------------------------|I 
I-0--------0--------0--------0--------|I 
I-------------------------------------|I 
C 
I-------4-------5-------7-------------|I 
I-----0-------0-------0-------0-------|I 
I---6-------6-------6-------6---------|I 
I-------------------------------------|I 
I-0-------0-------0-------0-----------|I 
I-------------------------------------|I 
D-downstrum 
I--4----|I 
I--0----|I 
I--6----|I 
I--7----|I 
I--0----|I 
I-------|I 

Chorus and Verse Chords 
He plays the individual notes in each chord differently in every version that I've  
heard. So just listen to the one you like best, and play it that way.
 
I-5----------4---|I 
I-7----------5---|I 
I-6----------4---|I 
I-7----------6---|I 
I-5----------4---|I 
I----------------|I 

Outro 
I--5-----3-----1-----5---|I 
I--7-----3-----1-----5---|I 
I--6-----4-----2-----6---|I 
I--7-----5-----3-----7---|I 
I--5-----x-----x-----x---|I 
I--------3-----1-----5---|I 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante