# Needles and Pins – Smokie: piano chords

Needles and Pins by Smokie uses 11 chords in A major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [A6](https://pianokitty.com/c/A6), [A9](https://pianokitty.com/c/A9), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: A A6 A A6 A9 E A A6 A9 A F#m A F#m A A6 A A6 A9 F#m D E A F#m A F#m A A6 A A6 A9 F#m D E C#m B B A C# Bm F# A

## Questions

### Which chords does Needles and Pins by Smokie use?

Different chords: 11. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Needles and Pins by Smokie in?

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

### How hard is Needles and Pins to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (11), 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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