# Summer In the City – Joe Cocker: piano chords

Summer In the City by Joe Cocker uses 18 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [A#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [Dm/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [G/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [Em/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [A/C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: Dm A# Dm Dm/C G/B A# A Dm Dm/C G/B A# A A7 Dm D G C G C G C G C Em A Em A Em A Em A Dm A# G F E Eb D C B Bb A F#m B Em Em/C A/C# C B

## Questions

### Which chords does Summer In the City by Joe Cocker use?

Different chords: 18. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Summer In the City by Joe Cocker in?

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

### How hard is Summer In the City to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (18), 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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