# Private Investigations – Dire Straits: piano chords

Private Investigations by Dire Straits uses 21 chords in E minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Bm/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [A/C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [G/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [B7/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [Em/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Gdim](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gdim), [Am6/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am6), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [Edim](https://pianokitty.com/c/Edim), [Am6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am6), [Em6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em6), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Em Bm/D A/C# G/B F/A B7/A Em/G Gdim Am6/F# B7
- Verse 1: Em Em7 Bm/D A/C# G/B F/A B7/A Em/G
- Instrumental 1: Gdim Am6/F# B7 Em
- Verse 2: Bm/D A/C# G/B F/A B7/A Em/G
- Instrumental 2: Gdim Am6/F# B7 Em D F#
- Chorus 1: G D Am Em D G C D C B7
- Instrumental 3: Em Bm/D Bm D A/C# G/B F/A B7/A Em/G Edim Am6 B7 Em
- Bridge 1: Gdim Am6/F# B7
- Outro 1: Em7 Em6 Em7 Em6 Em B F# Em Em7

## Questions

### Which chords does Private Investigations by Dire Straits use?

Different chords: 21. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Private Investigations by Dire Straits in?

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

### How hard is Private Investigations to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (21), 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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