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What About Now – Daughtry: piano chords

What About Now by Daughtry uses 14 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

Practice this song
E major Difficulty: medium

Chords in the song

E A C#m F# B G# G#m Am A#m C#7 F#7 A# F D#

Chord sheet

Verse 1

E A E C#m F# B E A E F# B E A E A G# G#m Am A#m B C#7 F#7 B

Verse 2

E B E A E B E

Verse 3

B E A E B E

Verse 4

B E A E B E

Verse 5

A# F A# D# A# F A#

Chords on the piano

Diagrams for the 10 most played chords

E

E — bass noteEG♯ — chord toneG♯B — chord toneB
EG♯B
Practice E

A

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneE
AC♯E
Practice A

C#m

C♯ — bass noteC♯E — chord toneEG♯ — chord toneG♯
C♯EG♯
Practice C#m

F#

F♯ — bass noteF♯A♯ — chord toneA♯C♯ — chord toneC♯
F♯A♯C♯
Practice F#

B

B — bass noteBD♯ — chord toneD♯F♯ — chord toneF♯
BD♯F♯
Practice B

G#

A♭ — bass noteA♭C — chord toneCE♭ — chord toneE♭
G♯CD♯
Practice G#

G#m

G♯ — bass noteG♯B — chord toneBD♯ — chord toneD♯
G♯BD♯
Practice G#m

Am

A — bass noteAC — chord toneCE — chord toneE
ACE
Practice Am

A#

B♭ — bass noteB♭D — chord toneDF — chord toneF
A♯DF
Practice A#

F

F — bass noteFA — chord toneAC — chord toneC
FAC
Practice F

Questions

Which chords does What About Now by Daughtry use?

Different chords: 14. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

What key is What About Now by Daughtry in?

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

How hard is What About Now to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (14), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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