# We Can Work It Out – The Beatles: piano chords

We Can Work It Out by The Beatles uses 9 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Dsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsus4), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [Bm7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm7), [G7](https://pianokitty.com/c/G7), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: D Dsus4 C G Bm Bm7 G7 F# D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D G D G A D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D G D G A Bm Bm7 G7 F# Bm7 G7 F# Bm Bm7 G7 F# Bm7 G7 F# D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D G D G A Bm Bm7 G7 F# Bm7 G7 F# Bm Bm7 G7 F# Bm7 G7 F# D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 C Dsus4 D G D G A Dsus4 D

## Questions

### Which chords does We Can Work It Out by The Beatles use?

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

### What key is We Can Work It Out 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 We Can Work It Out 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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