# The Carpet Crawlers – Genesis: piano chords

The Carpet Crawlers by Genesis uses 16 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Emaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj7), [Amaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj7), [F#m6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm6), [C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [D/C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [D6](https://pianokitty.com/c/D6), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [Asus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asus4), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Emaj7 Amaj7 Emaj7 Amaj7 F#m6 C# C#m D/C# C#m D/C# C#m D/C# C#m D/C# D D6 D D6 A Emaj7 Amaj7 F#m6 C# C#m D/C# C#m D/C# C#m D/C# C#m D/C# D D6 D D6 Asus4 A Asus4 A D
- Verse 1: Em D Em D Em D Em
- Chorus 1: F#m A G A G D/F# D C G/B D Em
- Verse 2: D Em D Em D Em D Em F#m
- Chorus 2: A G A G D/F# D C G/B D
- Verse 3: Em D Em D Em D Em
- Interlude 1: F#m
- Chorus 3: A G A G
- Chorus 4: F#m A G A G D/F# D C G/B D Em
- Outro 1: D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em D Em

## Questions

### Which chords does The Carpet Crawlers by Genesis use?

Different chords: 16. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is The Carpet Crawlers by Genesis in?

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

### How hard is The Carpet Crawlers to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (16), 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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