# Aeroplane – Red Hot Chili Peppers: piano chords

Aeroplane by Red Hot Chili Peppers uses 13 chords in G minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Csus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csus4), [Gm/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Csus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csus2), [Gm11](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm11), [C7](https://pianokitty.com/c/C7), [Gm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm7), [Bb/Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [Bb/F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [F6](https://pianokitty.com/c/F6), [Gm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm), [C9](https://pianokitty.com/c/C9), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Csus4 Gm/C C Csus2 Csus4 C
- Chorus 1: Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7
- Verse 1: Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
- Chorus 2: Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7
- Verse 2: Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
- Chorus 3: Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Bb/Eb Bb/F F6
- Instrumental 1: Bb/F Gm Bb/Eb Bb/F F6 Bb/F Gm
- Bridge 1: Bb/Eb Bb/F F6 Bb/F Gm Bb/Eb Bb/F F6 Bb/F Gm Bb/Eb Bb/F F6 Bb/F Gm Bb/Eb F6 Gm
- Chorus 4: Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm11 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
- Outro 1: Gm7 C9 G7

## Questions

### Which chords does Aeroplane by Red Hot Chili Peppers use?

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

### What key is Aeroplane by Red Hot Chili Peppers in?

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

### How hard is Aeroplane 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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