You've Changed in E

Carl Fischer / Bill Carey(1942)swing
Do Re MiC D E
A
B
G♯m/F♯
Bm/E
D♯aug7
C♯m/F♯

Chord Diagrams — You've Changed in E (Guitar)

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FingerNoteDegree
B7♯5
EADGBEx2134
2frEADGBEx2137frEADGBE1x234x9frEADGBExx1423
D♯7♯9
EADGBExx234
5frEADGBEx2134x8frEADGBE111x2310frEADGBE2134xx
EMaj7
EADGBE312
EADGBE333xx14frEADGBE111x437frEADGBE111324
G♯m7♭5
EADGBExx13
EADGBE2x341x6frEADGBE222xx111frEADGBEx1324x
C♯7♯9
EADGBEx3241
3frEADGBEx2134x8frEADGBE2222x19frEADGBE111324
F♯7
EADGBE111132
4frEADGBE11x3247frEADGBEx3241x9frEADGBE111134
C7
EADGBEx3241
3frEADGBE1111345frEADGBE111xx28frEADGBE111132
B7
EADGBEx2134
EADGBE1111344frEADGBE111xx27frEADGBE111132
G♯m
4frEADGBE111134
6frEADGBExx13427frEADGBExx324111frEADGBE111342
C♯7
EADGBEx3241x
4frEADGBE111x346frEADGBE1114329frEADGBE111132
F♯m
EADGBE111134
4frEADGBE11x3425frEADGBExx32419frEADGBE111342
Bm
EADGBE111342
7frEADGBE1111349frEADGBExx134210frEADGBExx3241
E7
EADGBE21
5frEADGBEx3241x7frEADGBE1111349frEADGBE111xx2
Fm
EADGBE111134
3frEADGBExx13428frEADGBE11134210frEADGBE1142xx
A♯7
EADGBE111x34
6frEADGBE1111328frEADGBE11x32411frEADGBEx3241x
AMaj7
EADGBEx213
EADGBE111x45frEADGBE1114237frEADGBE333x1
Am
EADGBEx231
2frEADGBE444x15frEADGBE1111347frEADGBEx1342
G♯m/F♯
4frEADGBE111134
6frEADGBExx13427frEADGBExx324111frEADGBE111342
Bm/E
EADGBE111342
7frEADGBE1111349frEADGBExx134210frEADGBExx3241
D7
EADGBExx213
3frEADGBEx3241x5frEADGBE11113410frEADGBE111132
Gm
EADGBE2134
3frEADGBE1111345frEADGBExx134210frEADGBE111342
A♯m
EADGBE11x342
6frEADGBE1111346frEADGBE111xx38frEADGBExx1342
D♯aug7
EADGBExx1423
6frEADGBE11x4329frEADGBE324111frEADGBE1x234x
D7♭5
EADGBE11xx2
3frEADGBExx24135frEADGBE11x23x9frEADGBE2x341x
C♯m/F♯
EADGBEx4213x
4frEADGBE1113426frEADGBE1132x49frEADGBE111134
E
EADGBE231
2frEADGBExx12434frEADGBE1114327frEADGBE111234

You've Changed in E

Key of E

E major is arguably guitar's most powerful key. The open low E and high E strings ring sympathetically as the root, while the open B provides the fifth. This triple reinforcement gives E-based riffs and chords unmatched depth and volume. E is a beginner-level key on guitar because both the low E and high E strings ring as the root, and the open B is the fifth — three open strings reinforce the tonic chord. Beginners will find this key approachable since most chords use open voicings with minimal stretching.

Voice Leading

The bass line moves through B to D# (ascending major third), D# to E (ascending half step), E to G# (ascending major third), G# to C# (ascending perfect fourth), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to C (ascending tritone), C to B (descending half step), B to G# (descending minor third), G# to C# (ascending perfect fourth), C# to F# (ascending perfect fourth), F# to B (ascending perfect fourth), B to E (ascending perfect fourth), E to F (ascending half step), F to A# (ascending perfect fourth), A# to A (descending half step), A to A (ascending unison), A to G# (descending half step), G# to B (ascending minor third), B to D (ascending minor third), D to G (ascending perfect fourth), G to A# (ascending minor third), A# to D# (ascending perfect fourth), D# to D (descending half step), D to C# (descending half step), C# to E (ascending minor third). A half-step bass movement creates a strong leading-tone pull that demands resolution. The root motion by larger intervals (fourths and fifths) gives each chord change a strong, decisive character. When the progression loops, the bass returns from E to B by perfect fourth.

Scales for Improvisation

E major pentatonic works because every note is either a chord tone or a safe passing tone — there are no avoid notes. For soloing, this means you can play freely without clashing. Over dominant seventh chords, E Mixolydian adds the flat seventh for an authentic blues-rock edge.

swing4/4 · 29 bars · Form: AB

Chords: B7♯5, D♯7♯9, EMaj7, G♯m7♭5, C♯7♯9, F♯7, C7, B7, G♯m, C♯7, F♯m, Bm, E7, Fm, A♯7, AMaj7, Am, G♯m/F♯, Bm/E, D7, Gm, A♯m, D♯aug7, D7♭5, C♯m/F♯, E.

Scales for Improvisation E bebop, E bebop major.

Diatonic chords: See all chords in the key of E