# The Circus – Erasure: piano chords

The Circus by Erasure uses 11 chords in A minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G6](https://pianokitty.com/c/G6), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Bm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm7), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Am F G
- Verse 1: Am F G Am F Dm G
- Bridge 1: C F C F Dm F G G6 Dm E
- Chorus 1: F Bm7 Am Em F G Am F G Am
- Verse 2: F G Am F Dm G
- Bridge 2: C F C F Dm F G G6 Dm E
- Chorus 2: F G Am Em F G Am B7 F G Am
- Instrumental 1: Em Am F C F G Am Em Am F C F D G
- Bridge 3: C F C F Dm F G G6 Dm E
- Chorus 3: F G Am Em F G Am
- Verse 3: F G Am F Dm G
- Bridge 4: C F C F Dm F G G6 Dm E
- Chorus 4: F G Am Em F G Am F G Am B7 F G Am
- Outro 1: F C G Am F G Am F G Am

## Questions

### Which chords does The Circus by Erasure use?

Different chords: 11. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is The Circus by Erasure in?

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

### How hard is The Circus to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (11), 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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