# (Don't Fear) The Reaper – Blue Öyster Cult: piano chords

(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult uses 9 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Fsus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsus2), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [Fm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fm), [G7/F](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: A G Fsus2 G
- Verse 1: A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G F G Am F E Am G F
- Chorus 1: G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G
- Bridge 1: A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G Am7
- Verse 2: A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G F G Am F E Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F
- Chorus 2: G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G
- Bridge 2: A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G Am7 Fm G7/F
- Verse 3: A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G A G Fsus2 G F G Am F E Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F
- Chorus 3: G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am7 Fm G7/F

## Questions

### Which chords does (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult use?

Different chords: 9. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is (Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult in?

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

### How hard is (Don't Fear) The Reaper to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (9), 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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