# Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day: piano chords

Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day uses 12 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [Cadd9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cadd9), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [C#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharp7), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Em G D A Em G D A
- Verse 1: Em G D A Em G D A Em
- Interlude 1: G D A
- Verse 2: Em G D A Em G D A Em
- Interlude 2: G D A Em G D A
- Chorus 1: C G D Em C G D Em C G D Em C G B7
- Interlude 3: Em G D A Em D Em B7 Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D
- Chorus 2: Cadd9 Em7 D G D Cadd9 Em7 D G D Cadd9 Em7 D G D Cadd9 Em7 D G D Cadd9 Em7 G D F#m E D
- Chorus 3: A E F#m E D A E F#m E D A E F#m E D A E F#m E
- Instrumental 1: F#m E D F#m E D
- Verse 3: Em G D A Em G D A Em
- Interlude 4: G D A Em G D A
- Chorus 4: C G D Em C G D Em C G D Em C G B7
- Interlude 5: Em G D A Em D Em B7 Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 D Em7 Cadd9 Em7
- Chorus 5: D A E F#m E D A E F#m E D A E F#m E D A E F#m E
- Instrumental 2: F#m E D F#m E D
- Chorus 6: A E F#m E D A E D A E F#m E D A E F#m E
- Bridge 1: Cadd9 Em7 D G D Cadd9 Em7 D G Cadd9 D C#7
- Solo 1: C G D Em D C G D Em C G D Em D C G B B7
- Verse 4: Em G D A Em G D A
- Outro 1: Em C D A G D Em C D A G D Em C D A G D Em C D A G D F#m E
- Chorus 7: D A E F#m E D A E F#m E D A E F#m E D A E F#m E
- Verse 5: F#m E F#m E D C#7 F#m E F#m E F#m E D C#7

## Questions

### Which chords does Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day use?

Different chords: 12. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day in?

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

### How hard is Boulevard of Broken Dreams to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (12), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

[Practice this song](https://pianokitty.com/app?subject=songs&spec=%3Cintro_1%3E+Em+G+D+A+Em+G+D+A+%3Cverse_1%3E+Em+G+D+A+Em+G+D+A+Em+%3Cinterlude_1%3E+G+D+A+%3Cverse_2%3E+Em+G+D+A+Em+G+D+A+Em+%3Cinterlude_2%3E+G+D+A+Em+G+D+A+%3Cchorus_1%3E+C+G+D+Em+C+G+D+Em+C+G+D+Em+C+G+B7+%3Cinterlude_3%3E+Em+G+D+A+Em+D+Em+B7+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+%3Cchorus_2%3E+Cadd9+Em7+D+G+D+Cadd9+Em7+D+G+D+Cadd9+Em7+D+G+D+Cadd9+Em7+D+G+D+Cadd9+Em7+G+D+F%23m+E+D+%3Cchorus_3%3E+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+%3Cinstrumental_1%3E+F%23m+E+D+F%23m+E+D+%3Cverse_3%3E+Em+G+D+A+Em+G+D+A+Em+%3Cinterlude_4%3E+G+D+A+Em+G+D+A+%3Cchorus_4%3E+C+G+D+Em+C+G+D+Em+C+G+D+Em+C+G+B7+%3Cinterlude_5%3E+Em+G+D+A+Em+D+Em+B7+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+D+Em7+Cadd9+Em7+%3Cchorus_5%3E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+%3Cinstrumental_2%3E+F%23m+E+D+F%23m+E+D+%3Cchorus_6%3E+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+%3Cbridge_1%3E+Cadd9+Em7+D+G+D+Cadd9+Em7+D+G+Cadd9+D+C%237+%3Csolo_1%3E+C+G+D+Em+D+C+G+D+Em+C+G+D+Em+D+C+G+B+B7+%3Cverse_4%3E+Em+G+D+A+Em+G+D+A+%3Coutro_1%3E+Em+C+D+A+G+D+Em+C+D+A+G+D+Em+C+D+A+G+D+Em+C+D+A+G+D+F%23m+E+%3Cchorus_7%3E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+D+A+E+F%23m+E+%3Cverse_5%3E+F%23m+E+F%23m+E+D+C%237+F%23m+E+F%23m+E+F%23m+E+D+C%237&seq=inOrder&title=Green+Day+-+Boulevard+of+Broken+Dreams)

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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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