# We Built This City – Starship: piano chords

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

## Chords in the song

[G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [D/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [F/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [D/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Cmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj7), [Cadd9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cadd9), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [Cmaj9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj9), [G/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj)

## 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
- 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

## 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.

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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.

https://pianokitty.com/songs/starship/we-built-this-city