# Lovely Day – Bill Withers: piano chords

Lovely Day by Bill Withers uses 10 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Amaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj7), [G#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpm7), [Bm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm7), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [F#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm7), [C#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharp7), [F#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharp7), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [C#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm7)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E Amaj7 G#m7 F#m7 Bm7 C#7
- Verse 2: Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E Amaj7 G#m7 F#m7 Bm7 C#7
- Chorus 1: F#7 B7 C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 B7 E7
- Verse 3: Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E7 Amaj7 G#m7 Bm7 E Amaj7 G#m7 F#m7 Bm7 C#7
- Chorus 2: F#7 B7 C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7 C#m7 F#7

## Questions

### Which chords does Lovely Day by Bill Withers use?

Different chords: 10. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Lovely Day by Bill Withers in?

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

### How hard is Lovely Day to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (10), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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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.

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