# If You Have to Ask – Red Hot Chili Peppers: piano chords

If You Have to Ask by Red Hot Chili Peppers uses 9 chords in F major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Dm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm7), [Dm13](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm13), [C7](https://pianokitty.com/c/C7), [G9](https://pianokitty.com/c/G9), [Gb9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharp9), [F9](https://pianokitty.com/c/F9), [Ebmaj9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj9), [Bb7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharp7), [Dmaj](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13
- Verse 1: Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13
- Chorus 1: C7
- Interlude 1: Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13
- Verse 2: Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13
- Chorus 2: C7
- Bridge 1: G9 Gb9 F9 C7 Ebmaj9 Bb7 Dmaj G9 Gb9 F9 C7 Ebmaj9 Bb7 Dmaj G9 Gb9 F9 C7 Ebmaj9 Bb7 Dmaj G9 Gb9 F9 C7 Ebmaj9 Bb7 Dmaj Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13 Dm7 Dm13
- Outro 1: Dm7 Dm13 Dm7

## Questions

### Which chords does If You Have to Ask by Red Hot Chili Peppers use?

Different chords: 9. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is If You Have to Ask by Red Hot Chili Peppers in?

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

### How hard is If You Have to Ask to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (9), 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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