# Meat City – John Lennon: piano chords

Meat City by John Lennon uses 6 chords in A major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [Asus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asus2), [C7](https://pianokitty.com/c/C7), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [F#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm7), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: A Asus2 C7 F#m F#m7 A Asus2 A Asus2 A C7 C C7 C C7 C A Asus2 A F#m F#m7 A Asus2 A F#m F#m7 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A C7 C C7 C C7 C A Asus2 A F#m F#m7 A Asus2 A F#m F#m7 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A C7 C C7 C C7 C A Asus2 A F#m F#m7 A Asus2 A F#m F#m7 A Asus2 A C7 C A C7 C A C7 C A C7 C A C7 C A

## Questions

### Which chords does Meat City by John Lennon use?

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

### What key is Meat City by John Lennon in?

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

### How hard is Meat City to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. 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.

https://pianokitty.com/songs/john-lennon/meat-city
