# While My Guitar Gently Weeps – The Beatles: piano chords

While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles uses 10 chords in A minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Am7/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [Am6](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am6), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: C Am Am7/G Am6 F# F Am G D E7 F A C Am Am7/G Am6 F# F Am G D E7 Am Am7/G Am6 F# F Am G C E7 Am6 F# F D E7

## Questions

### Which chords does While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles use?

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

### What key is While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles in?

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

### How hard is While My Guitar Gently Weeps to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. 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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