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This Used to Be My Playground – Madonna: piano chords

This Used to Be My Playground by Madonna uses 16 chords in E minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

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E minor Difficulty: hard

Chords in the song

Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Asus2 Asus2/G D/F# D/C Bm Em7 Asus4 A7 D B7 Em7/D Dsus2/B Am

Chord sheet

Chorus 1

Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Asus2 Asus2/G D/F# D/C Bm Em Em7 Asus4 A7 D D/C B7

Verse 1

Cmaj7 B7 Em Em7/D Cmaj7 B7 Em Em7/D Cmaj7 B7 Dsus2/B Asus4 Am Asus2 B7 Em D Em D

Chorus 2

Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Asus2 Asus2/G D/F# D/C Bm Em Em7 Asus4 A7 D D/C B7

Verse 2

Cmaj7 B7 Em Em7/D Cmaj7 B7 Em Em7/D Cmaj7 B7 Dsus2/B Asus4 Am Asus2 B7 Em D Em D

Chorus 3

Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Asus2 Asus2/G D/F# D/C Bm Em Em7

Chorus 4

Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Asus2 Asus2/G D/F# D/C Bm Em Em7

Chorus 5

Cmaj7 Bm7 Em Asus2 Asus2/G D/F# D/C Bm Em Em7 Cmaj7 B7

Chords on the piano

Diagrams for the 10 most played chords

Cmaj7

C — bass noteCE — chord toneEG — chord toneGB — chord toneB
CEGB
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Bm7

B — bass noteBD — chord toneDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneA
BDF♯A
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Em

E — bass noteEG — chord toneGB — chord toneB
EGB
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Asus2

A — bass noteAB — chord toneBE — chord toneE
ABE
Practice Asus2

D

D — bass noteDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneA
DF♯A
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Bm

B — bass noteBD — chord toneDF♯ — chord toneF♯
BDF♯
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Em7

E — bass noteEG — chord toneGB — chord toneBD — chord toneD
EGBD
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Asus4

A — bass noteAD — chord toneDE — chord toneE
ADE
Practice Asus4

A7

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneEG — chord toneG
AC♯EG
Practice A7

B7

B — bass noteBD♯ — chord toneD♯F♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneA
BD♯F♯A
Practice B7

Questions

Which chords does This Used to Be My Playground by Madonna use?

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

What key is This Used to Be My Playground by Madonna in?

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

How hard is This Used to Be My Playground 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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