I have a song with chords cm-fm-G7-cm-cm-fm-Bb-Eb-fm-G7-cm-Bb-Ab-fm-G-Ab-G7-cm and the chorus is fm-Bb7-Eb-cm/Eb-fm6-cm/Eb-D-G
These are pretty difficult to play on guitar and i was wondering what could i do to make these chords easier to play on the guitar either with capo or changing the key slightly.... Please help.
The 'b' you mention may actually be Bb in the original. I've heard that in some countries B is Bb (I don't know whether this is still the case) so that's a possibility here.
You can capo the third fret and finger the chords as (I'm assuming the Bb):
Am Dm E7 Am Am Dm G C Dm E7 Am G F Dm E F E7 Am
Dm G C Am/C Dm6 Cm/C B E
It may help to play the final B and E as 7 chords.
I'm not a particularly skilled guitarist but I could manage these chords pretty easily as bar chords. You may want to look those up for consideration. A hard-to-play acoustic might be a bit tough but I think that you can do it. If the bar chords are hard, have a look at voicing differently (as Todd Wilcox suggested). If you're finger picking you can play a root in the bottom (except where otherwise noted during the chorus) and 3 notes somewhere above -- for a seventh you can skip the root in the upper notes and instead play the 3rd, 5th, and 7th.
In key, that B should be played as a Bb. The G# will be Ab. Now, all the chords come from C minor. The numbers for them are Cm=I. D=II. Eb=III. Fm=IV. G=V. Ab=VI. Bb=VII. I've put Roman numerals in caps for simplicity.
Now the sequence is -
I, IV, V, I; I, IV, VII, III; IV, V, I, VI; IV, V, VI, V; I.
Just about any key will give at least one problematic chord, but now, you can use the formula to find the chords in any key. A minor wouldn't be too bad, with Am B C Dm E F and G. Em would work, with Em F# G Am B and C. But there is always going to be an awkward to play chord somewhere. Using barres totally will make playing easier - but only if you play barre chords well.
Those are some crazy chord progressions, you could down-tune to eb standard and that would make your eb chord open and more accessible and then move all your chords up 1/2 step or 1 fret.
You could try it down a half step (~ down one fret). That would be this:
bm-em-F#7-bm-bm-em-A-D-em-F#7-bm-A-G-em-F#-G-F#7-bm
em-A7-D-bm/D-em6-bm/D-C#-F#
If you're singing along to this song changing the key down a half step is probably still within your range. The C# chord could be played C#7 instead if that's easier. As a side note I think it makes it a lot easier to read the progression if you show the chord quality with the case of the letter. Also spelling counts! G# isn't the same thing as Ab. And following the lead of some other answers, I take your original B chords to be Bb chords.
