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(They Long To Be) Close To You – Carpenters: piano chords

(They Long To Be) Close To You by Carpenters uses 16 chords in A major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

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A major Difficulty: hard

Chords in the song

Dmaj9 C#sus4 C#7 C#m7 F#m7 A6 Amaj7 A7 D D6 Dmaj7 C#m F#9 F#7 E7 E

Chord sheet

Verse 1

Dmaj9 C#sus4 C#7 C#m7 F#m7 Dmaj9 A6 Amaj7

Verse 2

Dmaj9 C#sus4 C#7 C#m7 F#m7 Dmaj9 A6 Amaj7 A7

Chorus 1

D D6 Dmaj7 D6 D D6 Dmaj7 D6 C#m F#9 F#7 Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj9 D E7

Verse 3

E Dmaj9 C#sus4 C#7 C#m7 F#m7 Dmaj9 Amaj7 A7 A6 A7

Chorus 2

D D6 Dmaj7 D6 D D6 Dmaj7 D6 C#m F#9 F#7 Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj9 D E7

Verse 4

E Dmaj9 C#sus4 C#7 C#m7 F#m7 Dmaj9 Amaj7 A7 A6 A7 Dmaj9 Amaj7 A7 A6 A7 Dmaj7 Amaj7

Chords on the piano

Diagrams for the 10 most played chords

Dmaj9

D — bass noteDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneE
DF♯AC♯E
Practice Dmaj9

C#sus4

C♯ — bass noteC♯F♯ — chord toneF♯G♯ — chord toneG♯
C♯F♯G♯
Practice C#sus4

C#7

D♭ — bass noteD♭F — chord toneFA♭ — chord toneA♭B — chord toneB
C♯FG♯B
Practice C#7

C#m7

C♯ — bass noteC♯E — chord toneEG♯ — chord toneG♯B — chord toneB
C♯EG♯B
Practice C#m7

A6

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneEF♯ — chord toneF♯
AC♯EF♯
Practice A6

Amaj7

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneEG♯ — chord toneG♯
AC♯EG♯
Practice Amaj7

A7

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneEG — chord toneG
AC♯EG
Practice A7

D

D — bass noteDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneA
DF♯A
Practice D

D6

D — bass noteDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneAB — chord toneB
DF♯AB
Practice D6

Dmaj7

D — bass noteDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneAC♯ — chord toneC♯
DF♯AC♯
Practice Dmaj7

Questions

Which chords does (They Long To Be) Close To You by Carpenters use?

Different chords: 16. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

What key is (They Long To Be) Close To You by Carpenters in?

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

How hard is (They Long To Be) Close To You to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (16), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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