# Big City Nights – Scorpions: piano chords

Big City Nights by Scorpions uses 10 chords in C major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Gsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsus4), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [Dsus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsus2)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Am F E D G Gsus4
- Verse 1: Am F C Dm Am F C E Am F C Dm Am F C E
- Chorus 1: Am F G Gsus4 Am F G Gsus4
- Verse 2: Am F C Dm Am F C E Am F C Dm Am F C E
- Chorus 2: Am F G Gsus4 Am F G Gsus4
- Chorus 3: Am F G Gsus4 Am F G Gsus4
- Bridge 1: E G C Bm E G C Dsus2 Am
- Interlude 1: F G Gsus4
- Solo 1: Am F C Dm Am F C E
- Chorus 4: Am F G Gsus4 Am F G Gsus4
- Chorus 5: Am F G Gsus4 Am F G Gsus4

## Questions

### Which chords does Big City Nights by Scorpions use?

Different chords: 10. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Big City Nights by Scorpions in?

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

### How hard is Big City Nights to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (10), 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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