# Eight Miles High – The Byrds: piano chords

Eight Miles High by The Byrds uses 8 chords in E minor; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Em](https://pianokitty.com/c/Em), [F#m/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [G/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F#m7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm7), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [C6](https://pianokitty.com/c/C6)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Em F#m/E G/E
- Verse 1: Em F#m7 G D C G D C C6 C C6 Em F#m7 G D C G D C C6 C C6
- Instrumental 1: Em F#m7 Em F#m7
- Chorus 1: Em F#m7 G D C G D C C6 C C6 Em F#m7 G D C G D C C6 C C6
- Instrumental 2: Em F#m/E G/E
- Chorus 2: Em F#m7 G D C G D C C6 C C6 Em F#m7 G D C G D C C6 C C6

## Questions

### Which chords does Eight Miles High by The Byrds use?

Different chords: 8. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Eight Miles High by The Byrds in?

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

### How hard is Eight Miles High to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (8), 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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