# Soul Man – The Blues Brothers: piano chords

Soul Man by The Blues Brothers uses 14 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Eb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsharpmaj), [Ab](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpmaj), [Bb](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpmaj), [C7](https://pianokitty.com/c/C7), [F7](https://pianokitty.com/c/F7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: E D G A B7 E E7
- Chorus 1: E D E D E A B7
- Verse 1: E7
- Chorus 2: E D E D E A B7
- Verse 2: E7
- Chorus 3: E D E D E A B7
- Verse 3: C G A B C F Eb Ab Bb C7 F Eb Ab Bb C7
- Chorus 4: F7

## Questions

### Which chords does Soul Man by The Blues Brothers use?

Different chords: 14. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Soul Man by The Blues Brothers in?

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

### How hard is Soul Man to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (14), 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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