# Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) – Elton John: piano chords

Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) by Elton John uses 17 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[G/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Dm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm7), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [C/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [C/F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [C/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G/F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Cm7/Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cm7), [Dsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsus4), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [Ddim7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Ddim7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: G/D F/C G F/G G F/G G/D F/C G F/G G F/G
- Verse 1: G F C G F C G Dm7
- Chorus 1: C Bb F C Bb F C C/E C/F C/F# G G/F E Cm7/Eb Dsus4 C G Dm F G Dm F
- Verse 2: G F C G F C G Dm7
- Chorus 2: C Bb F C Bb F C C/E C/F C/F# G G/F E Cm7/Eb Ddim7 C
- Instrumental 1: Bb F C Bb F C
- Chorus 3: Bb F C Bb F C C/E C/F C/F# G G/F E Cm7/Eb Ddim7 C
- Instrumental 2: Bb F C
- Outro 1: Bb F C Bb F C

## Questions

### Which chords does Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) by Elton John use?

Different chords: 17. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) by Elton John in?

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

### How hard is Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (17), 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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