# Goin' Back – Carole King: piano chords

Goin' Back by Carole King uses 13 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Dm7/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm7), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [Bm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm7), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [Am7/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [G11](https://pianokitty.com/c/G11), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [D11](https://pianokitty.com/c/D11), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: G Dm7/G G Dm7/G G Em7 Bm7 Em7 G Am7 Am7/D G Am7 Am7/D G Dm7/G G Dm7/G Em7 Bm7 Em7 G Am7 Am7/D G Am7 Am7/D G Dm7/G G11 G D F A C Am7/D D11 D A C E G

## Questions

### Which chords does Goin' Back by Carole King use?

Different chords: 13. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Goin' Back by Carole King in?

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

### How hard is Goin' Back to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (13), 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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