# Reason To Live – KISS: piano chords

Reason To Live by KISS uses 20 chords in F major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [C/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Bbmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj7), [C/Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Gm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm), [F/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Ebmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj7), [F/Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [D#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpm), [C#/D#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [Bmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj7), [C#/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Dm C/D Dm C/D Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb Dm C/D Dm C/D Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb
- Verse 1: Gm F/G Gm F/G Ebmaj7 F/Eb Ebmaj7 F/Eb Gm F/G Gm F/G Ebmaj7 F/Eb Ebmaj7 F/Eb C G C G Bb
- Chorus 1: F Bb C Bb C Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F C Bb Dm
- Verse 2: Gm F/G Gm F/G Ebmaj7 F/Eb Ebmaj7 F/Eb Gm F/G Gm F/G Ebmaj7 F/Eb Ebmaj7 F/Eb C G C G Bb
- Chorus 2: F Bb C Bb C Dm Bb F C Dm Bb F C Bb
- Solo 1: Dm C/D Dm C/D Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb Dm C/D Dm C/D Bbmaj7 C/Bb Bbmaj7 C/Bb C# G# C# G# B
- Chorus 3: F# B C# B C# D#m B F# C# D#m B F# C# B F# B C# B C# D#m B F# C# D#m B F# C# B
- Outro 1: D#m C#/D# D#m C#/D# Bmaj7 C#/B Bmaj7 C#/B D#m C#/D# D#m C#/D# Bmaj7 C#/B Bmaj7 C#/B D#m C#/D# D#m C#/D# Bmaj7 C#/B Bmaj7 C#/B D#m C#/D# D#m C#/D#

## Questions

### Which chords does Reason To Live by KISS use?

Different chords: 20. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Reason To Live by KISS in?

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

### How hard is Reason To Live to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (20), 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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