# The Long And Winding Road – The Beatles: piano chords

The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles uses 25 chords in E minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [G/D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D7](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Cmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj7), [C7](https://pianokitty.com/c/C7), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [F/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [G/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [G7/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Am7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [D9](https://pianokitty.com/c/D9), [Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [C#m/G#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [F#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm7), [A/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [Em7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em7), [Em6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em6)

## Chord sheet

- Bridge 1: D G F#m Em A D G F#m Em A Bm G/D D D7 G F#m Bm Em A D D7 G F#m Bm Em A D C Cmaj7 C7 F F/E D7 G G/A G7/B Am Am7 D9 F Eb G/D
- Chorus 1: A C#m/G# F#m7 A/E D G A C#m/G# F#m7 A/E D G C
- Verse 1: G D Em B7 G D Em B7
- Chorus 2: C D G Em C D G
- Verse 2: D Em B7 G D Em B7
- Chorus 3: C D G Em C D G C Em C Em
- Verse 3: C Em C Em
- Chorus 4: Em7 Em6 C Em Em7 Em6 C Em
- Intro 1: C Em C Em

## Questions

### Which chords does The Long And Winding Road by The Beatles use?

Different chords: 25. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is The Long And Winding Road 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 The Long And Winding Road to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (25), 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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