# (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.

## Chords in the song

[Dmaj9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj9), [C#sus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpsus4), [C#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharp7), [C#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm7), [F#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm7), [A6](https://pianokitty.com/c/A6), [Amaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj7), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [D6](https://pianokitty.com/c/D6), [Dmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj7), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [F#9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharp9), [F#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharp7), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj)

## 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

## 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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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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