# Friends – The Beach Boys: piano chords

Friends by The Beach Boys uses 24 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Dmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj7), [Gmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj7), [Ebmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj7), [Abmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj7), [Gm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gm), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [D7](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [G#dim](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpdim), [D/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [D6](https://pianokitty.com/c/D6), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [D7/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Ebmaj7 Abmaj7 Gm F Gm F A7 D7 E7 G7 A7 Bb C D Em Bm Em A7 D F#m G G#dim D/A D Bb D6 B D7/C Gmaj7 A7 D C Bb A G E D

## Questions

### Which chords does Friends by The Beach Boys use?

Different chords: 24. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Friends 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 Friends to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (24), 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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