# Roll Over Beethoven – The Beatles: piano chords

Roll Over Beethoven by The Beatles uses 10 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [A#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [C#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: E A E B E
- Verse 1: A E A E A B E
- Verse 2: A E A E A B E
- Verse 3: A E A B E D C A# G# F# E C A E C A G G# A A# B C C# D G D G A D G D G A D B
- Verse 4: E A E A E B E A E A B E
- Outro 1: A E A B E C D E

## Questions

### Which chords does Roll Over Beethoven by The Beatles use?

Different chords: 10. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Roll Over Beethoven by The Beatles in?

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

### How hard is Roll Over Beethoven to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (10), 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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