# Help – Carpenters: piano chords

Help by Carpenters uses 10 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Cmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj7), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Am7/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [F/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Dm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chorus 1: Cmaj7 Am Am7/G F F/C Dm7 G C F G C F G C Em Am F Bb C Em Am F Bb C
- Chorus 2: Cmaj7 Am Am7/G F F/C Dm7 G C F G C F G
- Bridge 1: C Cmaj7 Am F Bb C Cmaj7 Am F Bb C
- Chorus 3: Cmaj7 Am Am7/G F F/C Dm7 G C F G C F G
- Outro 1: C Cmaj7 Am F Bb C

## Questions

### Which chords does Help by Carpenters use?

Different chords: 10. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Help by Carpenters in?

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

### How hard is Help to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (10), 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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