# Australia – Manic Street Preachers: piano chords

Australia by Manic Street Preachers uses 10 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Esus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Esus4), [Emaj9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj9), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [Aadd9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Aadd9), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: E Esus4 Emaj9 C B A E Aadd9 B A
- Verse 1: C#m C D C#m C B A C#m C D C#m C B A
- Chorus 1: E Aadd9 B E Aadd9 B A
- Solo 1: C#m C D
- Verse 2: C#m C D C#m C B A
- Chorus 2: E Aadd9 B E Aadd9 B A
- Interlude 1: E Esus4 Emaj9 C B A E Esus4 Emaj9 C E Aadd9 B
- Chorus 3: E Aadd9 B A Am E

## Questions

### Which chords does Australia by Manic Street Preachers use?

Different chords: 10. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Australia by Manic Street Preachers in?

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

### How hard is Australia to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (10), 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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