# Are You What You Want to Be? – Foster The People: piano chords

Are You What You Want to Be? by Foster The People uses 6 chords in F# minor; difficulty on the piano: easy.

## Chords in the song

[F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: F#m C#m D E C#m Bm
- Verse 1: F#m A Bm C#m F#m A Bm C#m F#m A Bm
- Chorus 1: F#m C#m D E C#m Bm F#m C#m D E C#m Bm
- Verse 2: F#m A Bm C#m F#m A Bm C#m F#m A Bm
- Chorus 2: F#m C#m D E C#m Bm F#m C#m D E C#m Bm F#m C#m D E C#m Bm
- Chorus 3: F#m C#m D E C#m Bm F#m C#m D E C#m Bm F#m C#m D E C#m Bm

## Questions

### Which chords does Are You What You Want to Be? by Foster The People use?

Different chords: 6. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Are You What You Want to Be? by Foster The People in?

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

### How hard is Are You What You Want to Be? to play on the piano?

Difficulty: easy. The rating counts the different chords (6), 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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