# California Girls – The Beach Boys: piano chords

California Girls by The Beach Boys uses 11 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

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

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: G D E A G D E
- Chorus 1: A Bm G Am F Gm A
- Verse 2: G D E A G D E
- Chorus 2: A Bm G Am F Gm A
- Bridge 1: E
- Outro 1: A Bm A Bm A B G A D E F# Bm C#m Am Bm F G Gm Am

## Questions

### Which chords does California Girls by The Beach Boys use?

Different chords: 11. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is California Girls by The Beach Boys in?

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

### How hard is California Girls to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (11), 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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