# Blue Jay Way – The Beatles: piano chords

Blue Jay Way by The Beatles uses 5 chords in E minor; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [C6](https://pianokitty.com/c/C6), [Cmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj7), [Cadd9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cadd9), [Cdim](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cdim)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: C C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
- Verse 1: Cdim C Cdim C
- Chorus 1: C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 C Cmaj7 C6 C C
- Verse 2: Cdim C Cdim C
- Chorus 2: C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 C Cmaj7 C6 C C
- Verse 3: Cdim C Cdim C
- Chorus 3: C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 C Cmaj7 C6 C C
- Chorus 4: C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
- Chorus 5: C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
- Chorus 6: C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
- Chorus 7: C

## Questions

### Which chords does Blue Jay Way by The Beatles use?

Different chords: 5. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Blue Jay Way by The Beatles in?

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

### How hard is Blue Jay Way to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (5), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

[Practice this song](https://pianokitty.com/app?subject=songs&spec=%3Cintro_1%3E+C+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+Cadd9+C+Cmaj7+C+%3Cverse_1%3E+Cdim+C+Cdim+C+%3Cchorus_1%3E+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+C+Cmaj7+C6+C+C+%3Cverse_2%3E+Cdim+C+Cdim+C+%3Cchorus_2%3E+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+C+Cmaj7+C6+C+C+%3Cverse_3%3E+Cdim+C+Cdim+C+%3Cchorus_3%3E+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+C+Cmaj7+C6+C+C+%3Cchorus_4%3E+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+%3Cchorus_5%3E+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+%3Cchorus_6%3E+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+C6+Cmaj7+C+Cmaj7+%3Cchorus_7%3E+C&seq=inOrder&title=The+Beatles+-+Blue+Jay+Way)

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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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