# The Day Before You Came – ABBA: piano chords

The Day Before You Came by ABBA uses 22 chords in C minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Cm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cm), [Ab6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharp6), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [Bb7/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharp7), [Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [Bb7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharp7), [Eb/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [Ab](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [Fm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fm), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [G7/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [Cm/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cm), [Bb/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [Bdim7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bdim7), [Bdim7/Ab](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bdim7), [F#dim7/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpdim7), [Cm/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cm), [Gsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsus4), [Fmadd9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmadd9), [Cmadd9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmadd9), [Ab/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Cm
- Verse 1: Ab6 G Cm Bb Bb7/D Eb
- Chorus 1: Bb Bb7 Eb Eb/G Ab Eb/G Fm G Cm
- Verse 2: G G7 G7/B Cm Cm/D Bb Bb7 Bb/D Eb
- Chorus 2: Bb Bb7 Eb Ab Eb/G Fm G Cm
- Interlude 1: Bdim7 Bdim7/Ab G7 Cm F#dim7/A Cm/G Gsus4 G7 Cm
- Verse 3: Ab6 G G7 G7/B Cm Bb Bb7 Eb
- Chorus 3: Bb7 Bb7/D Eb Ab Eb/G Fm Fmadd9 Fm G7 Cm Cmadd9 Cm Ab Eb/G Fm Fmadd9 Fm G7 Cm
- Outro 1: Bdim7 Bdim7/Ab G7 Cm F#dim7/A Cm/G Gsus4 G7 Cm Bdim7 Bdim7/Ab G7 Cm F#dim7/A Cm/G Gsus4 G7 Cm Ab/C Cm Ab/C

## Questions

### Which chords does The Day Before You Came by ABBA use?

Different chords: 22. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is The Day Before You Came by ABBA in?

The chords fit C minor. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is The Day Before You Came to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (22), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

[Practice this song](https://pianokitty.com/app?subject=songs&spec=%3Cintro_1%3E+Cm+%3Cverse_1%3E+Ab6+G+Cm+Bb+Bb7%2FD+Eb+%3Cchorus_1%3E+Bb+Bb7+Eb+Eb%2FG+Ab+Eb%2FG+Fm+G+Cm+%3Cverse_2%3E+G+G7+G7%2FB+Cm+Cm%2FD+Bb+Bb7+Bb%2FD+Eb+%3Cchorus_2%3E+Bb+Bb7+Eb+Ab+Eb%2FG+Fm+G+Cm+%3Cinterlude_1%3E+Bdim7+Bdim7%2FAb+G7+Cm+F%23dim7%2FA+Cm%2FG+Gsus4+G7+Cm+%3Cverse_3%3E+Ab6+G+G7+G7%2FB+Cm+Bb+Bb7+Eb+%3Cchorus_3%3E+Bb7+Bb7%2FD+Eb+Ab+Eb%2FG+Fm+Fmadd9+Fm+G7+Cm+Cmadd9+Cm+Ab+Eb%2FG+Fm+Fmadd9+Fm+G7+Cm+%3Coutro_1%3E+Bdim7+Bdim7%2FAb+G7+Cm+F%23dim7%2FA+Cm%2FG+Gsus4+G7+Cm+Bdim7+Bdim7%2FAb+G7+Cm+F%23dim7%2FA+Cm%2FG+Gsus4+G7+Cm+Ab%2FC+Cm+Ab%2FC&seq=inOrder&title=ABBA+-+The+Day+Before+You+Came)

[Piano chords for popular songs](https://pianokitty.com/songs/browse)

Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

https://pianokitty.com/songs/abba/the-day-before-you-came