# Hold Me Closer – Cornelia Jakobs: piano chords

Hold Me Closer by Cornelia Jakobs uses 10 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[C/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [Gm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [F/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [Gm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm7)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: C/E F C Dm C/E F C Dm C/E F Gm C Dm Am C/E F Gm C Dm Am
- Chorus 1: Bb C F/A Dm C Bb C F/A Dm C
- Verse 2: F C Dm C F C Dm C/E F Gm C Dm Am
- Chorus 2: Bb C F/A Dm C Bb C F/A Dm C Gm C F G7 F C Dm
- Bridge 1: Gm7 C Dm Am
- Chorus 3: Gm7 C F Dm C Gm7 C F Dm C Gm7 C F Dm C Bb C F G7 Bb C F/A Dm

## Questions

### Which chords does Hold Me Closer by Cornelia Jakobs use?

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

### What key is Hold Me Closer by Cornelia Jakobs in?

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

### How hard is Hold Me Closer 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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