# Road to Nowhere – Talking Heads: piano chords

Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads uses 9 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: G D C G D C Eb D G D C Eb F G D C Eb D E C#m E C#m A E B A E B E C#m E C#m A E B A E B E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E C#m E

## Questions

### Which chords does Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads use?

Different chords: 9. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Road to Nowhere by Talking Heads in?

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

### How hard is Road to Nowhere to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (9), 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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