# What About Now – Daughtry: piano chords

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

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [G#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpm), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [A#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpm), [C#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharp7), [F#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharp7), [A#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [D#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj)

## 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#

## 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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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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