Starship

We Built This City – Starship: piano chords

We Built This City by Starship uses 14 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

Practice this song
G major Difficulty: hard

Chords in the song

G C Bm Am D/F# F/G D/G D Em Cmaj7 Cadd9 Am7 Cmaj9 G/B

Chord sheet

Instrumental 1

G C Bm Am G C D/F# G

Verse 1

C F/G D/G G C F/G D G D/F#

Bridge 1

Em Cmaj7 G D G Cadd9 Bm Am7 Cadd9 G C Em

Chorus 1

Cmaj9 G Am7 G Cmaj9 G Bm G Cmaj7

Verse 2

G C F/G D/G G C F/G D G D/F#

Bridge 2

Em Cmaj7 G D G Cadd9 Bm Am7 Cadd9 G C Em

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Chorus 2

Cmaj9 G Am7 G Cmaj9 G Bm G Cmaj7

Verse 3

G C G C D/F# G G/B G C D G Cmaj9 C G C G D/F# G C F/G D/G G C F/G D G D/F#

Bridge 3

Em Cmaj7 G D G Cadd9

Chorus 3

Cmaj9 G Am7 G Cmaj9 G Bm G Cmaj7 Cmaj9 G Am7 G Cmaj9 G Bm G Cmaj7

Outro 1

Cmaj9 G Am7 G Cmaj9 G Bm G Cmaj7 Cmaj9 G Am7 G Cmaj9 G Bm G Cmaj7

Chords on the piano

Diagrams for the 10 most played chords

G

G — bass noteGB — chord toneBD — chord toneD
GBD
Practice G

C

C — bass noteCE — chord toneEG — chord toneG
CEG
Practice C

Bm

B — bass noteBD — chord toneDF♯ — chord toneF♯
BDF♯
Practice Bm

D

D — bass noteDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneA
DF♯A
Practice D

F

F — bass noteFA — chord toneAC — chord toneC
FAC
Practice F

Em

E — bass noteEG — chord toneGB — chord toneB
EGB
Practice Em

Cmaj7

C — bass noteCE — chord toneEG — chord toneGB — chord toneB
CEGB
Practice Cmaj7

Cadd9

C — bass noteCE — chord toneEG — chord toneGD — chord toneD
CEGD
Practice Cadd9

Am7

A — bass noteAC — chord toneCE — chord toneEG — chord toneG
ACEG
Practice Am7

Cmaj9

C — bass noteCE — chord toneEG — chord toneGB — chord toneBD — chord toneD
CEGBD
Practice Cmaj9

Questions

Which chords does We Built This City by Starship use?

Different chords: 14. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

What key is We Built This City by Starship in?

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

How hard is We Built This City to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (14), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.