# Living For The City – Stevie Wonder: piano chords

Living For The City by Stevie Wonder uses 14 chords in A major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [F#m/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [A6](https://pianokitty.com/c/A6), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B6](https://pianokitty.com/c/B6), [F#m/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [E/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [C#dim7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpdim7), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [A#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [A#7/G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharp7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E
- Verse 1: E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E A6 A B6 F#m/B E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E
- Verse 2: E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E A6 A B6 F#m/B E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E
- Bridge 1: E/D C#dim7 C A# A#7/G# G F E
- Verse 3: F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E A6 A B6 F#m/B E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E
- Verse 4: E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E A6 A B6 F#m/B E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7
- Bridge 2: E/D C#dim7 C A# A#7/G# G F E
- Bridge 3: F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E
- Bridge 4: E/D C#dim7 C A# A#7/G# G F E
- Verse 5: F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E A6 A B6 F#m/B E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E
- Verse 6: E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E E F#m/E Em7 F#m/E A6 A B6 F#m/B E
- Bridge 5: E/D C#dim7 C A# A#7/G# G F E
- Bridge 6: E/D C#dim7 C A# A#7/G# G F E E/D C#dim7 C A# A#7/G# G F

## Questions

### Which chords does Living For The City by Stevie Wonder use?

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

### What key is Living For The City by Stevie Wonder in?

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

### How hard is Living For The 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.

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