# Lovely Rita – The Beatles: piano chords

Lovely Rita by The Beatles uses 9 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: A G D A G D A
- Verse 1: D C G D A Bm E7 A7 D G C F D A7 D G C F D A7 D Bm E A
- Verse 2: D C G D A Bm E7 A G D A
- Solo 1: D C G D A Bm E7 A7
- Verse 3: D G C F D A7 D G C F D A7 D Bm E A
- Verse 4: D C G D A Bm E7 A G D A G D A

## Questions

### Which chords does Lovely Rita by The Beatles use?

Different chords: 9. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Lovely Rita by The Beatles in?

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

### How hard is Lovely Rita to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (9), 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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