# What a Wonderful World – Nick Cave: piano chords

What a Wonderful World by Nick Cave uses 13 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Dm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm7), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Ab](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [Dm7/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm7), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [Fmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [F7](https://pianokitty.com/c/F7)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: C Em F Em Dm7 C E7 Am Ab Dm7/G G7 C Fmaj7 G7 C Em F Em Dm7 C E7 Am Ab Dm7/G G7 C F C G7 C G7 C Am G Am G Am Dm7/G G7 C Em F Em Dm7 C E7 Am Ab Dm7/G G7 C Em A7 Dm7 Dm7/G G7 C F7 C

## Questions

### Which chords does What a Wonderful World by Nick Cave use?

Different chords: 13. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is What a Wonderful World by Nick Cave in?

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

### How hard is What a Wonderful World to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (13), 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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