# Man Gave Names to All the Animals – Bob Dylan: piano chords

Man Gave Names to All the Animals by Bob Dylan uses 5 chords in B major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Em B7 Em
- Chorus 1: B7 Em B7 Em
- Verse 1: B7 Em A B B7 Em
- Chorus 2: B7 Em B7 Em
- Verse 2: B7 Em A B B7 Em
- Chorus 3: B7 Em B7 Em
- Verse 3: B7 Em A B B7 Em
- Chorus 4: B7 Em B7 Em
- Verse 4: B7 Em A B B7 Em
- Chorus 5: B7 Em7 Em B7 Em
- Verse 5: B7 Em A B B7 Em
- Chorus 6: B7 Em B7 Em
- Verse 6: B7 Em A

## Questions

### Which chords does Man Gave Names to All the Animals by Bob Dylan use?

Different chords: 5. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Man Gave Names to All the Animals by Bob Dylan in?

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

### How hard is Man Gave Names to All the Animals to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (5), 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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