# Give It Away – Red Hot Chili Peppers: piano chords

Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers uses 7 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Am7
- Verse 1: Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C
- Chorus 1: Am
- Verse 2: C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C
- Chorus 2: Am
- Solo 1: Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G Em G
- Verse 3: Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C
- Solo 2: Em G Em G Em G
- Verse 4: Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C Am C
- Chorus 5: Am
- Outro 1: C Am C Am C Am C Am D C# C Am D C# C Am D C# C Am D C# C Am D C# C Am D C# C Am D C# C Am D C# C Am

## Questions

### Which chords does Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers use?

Different chords: 7. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers in?

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

### How hard is Give It Away to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (7), 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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