# Breaking the Girl – Red Hot Chili Peppers: piano chords

Breaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili Peppers uses 17 chords in E minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [Esus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Esus4), [Emaj9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj9), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [D/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [B/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [B/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [B/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [C7](https://pianokitty.com/c/C7), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [Esus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Esus2)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E
- Verse 1: Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E G D Em G D C
- Chorus 1: Em D/F# G Am B B/A B/G B/F# Em D/F# G Am C Em D/F# G Am B B/A B/G B/F# Em D/F# G Am C C7
- Verse 2: E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E Em7 Esus4 Emaj9 E G D Em G D C
- Chorus 2: Em D/F# G Am B B/A B/G B/F# Em D/F# G Am C Em D/F# G Am B B/A B/G B/F# Em D/F# G Am C C7 B7
- Bridge 1: Em Esus2 Em G
- Chorus 3: Em D/F# G Am B B/A B/G B/F# Em D/F# G Am C Em D/F# G Am B B/A B/G B/F# Em D/F# G Am C C7

## Questions

### Which chords does Breaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili Peppers use?

Different chords: 17. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Breaking the Girl by Red Hot Chili Peppers in?

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

### How hard is Breaking the Girl to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (17), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

[Practice this song](https://pianokitty.com/app?subject=songs&spec=%3Cintro_1%3E+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+%3Cverse_1%3E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+G+D+Em+G+D+C+%3Cchorus_1%3E+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+B+B%2FA+B%2FG+B%2FF%23+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+C+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+B+B%2FA+B%2FG+B%2FF%23+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+C+C7+%3Cverse_2%3E+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+Em7+Esus4+Emaj9+E+G+D+Em+G+D+C+%3Cchorus_2%3E+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+B+B%2FA+B%2FG+B%2FF%23+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+C+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+B+B%2FA+B%2FG+B%2FF%23+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+C+C7+B7+%3Cbridge_1%3E+Em+Esus2+Em+G+%3Cchorus_3%3E+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+B+B%2FA+B%2FG+B%2FF%23+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+C+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+B+B%2FA+B%2FG+B%2FF%23+Em+D%2FF%23+G+Am+C+C7&seq=inOrder&title=Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers+-+Breaking+the+Girl)

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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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