# Uptown Girl – Billy Joel: piano chords

Uptown Girl by Billy Joel uses 12 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [E/G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E F#m E/G# A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A C Am Dm G C Am Dm G A F#m Bm B E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E F#m E/G# A B E F#m E/G# A B G A F# Bm A G A F# B E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E

## Questions

### Which chords does Uptown Girl by Billy Joel use?

Different chords: 12. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Uptown Girl by Billy Joel in?

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

### How hard is Uptown Girl to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (12), 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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