# Tears – Clean Bandit: piano chords

Tears by Clean Bandit uses 16 chords in F minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Fm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fm), [Bbm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpm7), [Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [Bb/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [Db](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Fm/Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fm), [Bb7/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharp7), [Bb7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharp7), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Ab](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [Eb/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [Cm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cm), [Bbm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpm), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [Dbmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj7)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: Fm Bbm7 Eb Fm Bbm7 Eb Fm Bbm7 Eb Fm Bb/D Db C Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/D Bb7 Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/D Bb7 Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/D Bb7 Db C
- Chorus 1: F Bbm7 Eb Ab Eb/G Bbm7 Cm Db C Fm Cm Db Ab C Fm Cm Db Ab C Fm Cm Db Ab C Db Ab Db C
- Verse 2: Fm Bbm Db C Fm Bbm Db C Fm Bbm Db C Fm Bbm Db C Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/D Bb7 Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/D Bb7 Fm Fm/Eb Bb7/D Bb7 Db C
- Chorus 2: Fm Bbm7 Fm Eb Ab Eb/G Fm Bb Db C
- Chorus 3: Fm Bbm7 Fm Eb Ab Eb/G Bbm7 Cm Db C Fm Bbm7
- Bridge 1: Db C Fm Bbm7 Db C Fm Cm Db Ab C Fm Cm Db Ab C Fm Cm Db Ab C Db Ab Db C
- Chorus 4: Fm Bbm7 Fm Eb Ab Eb/G Fm Bb7 Db C Fm Bbm7 Fm Eb Ab Eb/G Fm Bb7 Db
- Outro 1: C Fm Bbm7 Db C Fm Bbm7 Dbmaj7 C

## Questions

### Which chords does Tears by Clean Bandit use?

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

### What key is Tears by Clean Bandit in?

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

### How hard is Tears 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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