# Tell Me Baby – Red Hot Chili Peppers: piano chords

Tell Me Baby by Red Hot Chili Peppers uses 9 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Dm/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [A9](https://pianokitty.com/c/A9), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: F C G Am F C G Dm/A F C G Am F C G Am7
- Bridge 1: A9
- Verse 2: Am7
- Chorus 1: F C G Am F C G Dm F C G Am F C G7 F C G Am F C G Dm F C G Am F C G7
- Verse 3: Am7
- Bridge 2: A9
- Verse 4: Am7
- Chorus 2: F C G Am F C G Dm F C G Am F C G7 F C G Am F C G Dm F C G Am F C G7
- Chorus 3: F C G Am F C G Dm F C G Am F C G7 F C G Am F C G Dm F C G Am F C G7

## Questions

### Which chords does Tell Me Baby by Red Hot Chili Peppers use?

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

### What key is Tell Me Baby 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 Tell Me Baby to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. 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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