# Going Up The Country – Canned Heat: piano chords

Going Up The Country by Canned Heat uses 8 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [D7](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: D G D A D
- Verse 1: G D A7 A D
- Verse 2: G D A7 A D G D A D
- Verse 3: G D A7 A D
- Verse 4: G D A D G D A D
- Bridge 1: G D A7 A D G D A7 A D G D G D A D A G D A E A7 E7 D G C A D A7 D7

## Questions

### Which chords does Going Up The Country by Canned Heat use?

Different chords: 8. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Going Up The Country by Canned Heat in?

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

### How hard is Going Up The Country to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (8), 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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