# How To Be Dead – Snow Patrol: piano chords

How To Be Dead by Snow Patrol uses 5 chords in F major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: F Am Bb G7 F Am Bb G7 F Am Bb G7 F Am Bb G7 F Bb F Am Bb G7 F Am Bb G7 F Am Bb G7 F Bb F Am Bb G F Bb F Am Bb G7 F Am Bb G7 F Am Bb G F Bb F

## Questions

### Which chords does How To Be Dead by Snow Patrol use?

Different chords: 5. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is How To Be Dead by Snow Patrol in?

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

### How hard is How To Be Dead to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (5), 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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