# cardigan – Taylor Swift: piano chords

cardigan by Taylor Swift uses 13 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

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

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: Dm G F G Dm G F G
- Chorus 1: C G F G C G F G
- Bridge 1: C G F G C G F G Dm G Dm G F Am C F
- Outro 1: Em D G Em A
- Verse 2: D G Em A D G Em A
- Chorus 2: D G Em A D G Em A
- Bridge 2: D G Em A D G Em A D G Em A C#m B C#m B G#m C#m
- Bridge 3: F#m E G#m C#m F#m E G#m C#m F#m E G#m C#m F#m E
- Verse 3: C#m B C#m B C#m B A C#m B C#m B C#m B A
- Chorus 3: E B F#m C#m E B F#m C#m E B F#m C#m E B F#m C#m E B F#m C#m E B F#m C#m B F#m A

## Questions

### Which chords does cardigan by Taylor Swift use?

Different chords: 13. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is cardigan by Taylor Swift in?

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

### How hard is cardigan to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (13), 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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