# Barbara Ann – The Beach Boys: piano chords

Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys uses 19 chords in Ab major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [C#/G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [C#6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharp6), [A#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpm7), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [D#m/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpm), [D#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharp7), [G#/D#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [D#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpm), [C#/D#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [D#/C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [F#/C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [A#/G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [D#/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [G#/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [D/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Caug](https://pianokitty.com/c/Caug)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: G# C#/G# G# C#6 G# C#/G# G# A#m7 F# D#m/F# D#7 G#/D# D#m C#/D# D#/C# C#/G# G#
- Verse 2: C#/G# G# C#6 G# C#/G# G# A#m7 F#/C# D#m/F# D#7 G#/D# D#m C#/D# D#/C# C#/G# G#
- Outro 1: A#/G# D#/G G#/F# C# E7 D/E G# D#m C#/D# D#/C# C#/G# G# Caug C#/G# F# C#/G# G#/D# C# F# C#

## Questions

### Which chords does Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys use?

Different chords: 19. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Barbara Ann by The Beach Boys in?

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

### How hard is Barbara Ann to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (19), 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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