# Dead End Street – The Kinks: piano chords

Dead End Street by The Kinks uses 16 chords in A minor; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Am/B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Am/C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [C/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Asus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asus2), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [D7/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/D7), [Am/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Am7/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am7), [C7](https://pianokitty.com/c/C7)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
- Verse 1: Am C/G G Dm F Am C/G G Dm F Am Asus2 G F E E7 Am Asus2 G F E E7 A A7 Dm E E7
- Chorus 1: D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G C7 F C7 F
- Verse 2: Am C/G G Dm F Am C/G G Dm F Am Asus2 G F E E7 Am Asus2 G F E E7 A A7 Dm E E7
- Chorus 2: D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G C7 F C7 F
- Bridge 1: Am Am/B Am/C Am/B
- Chorus 3: D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G D7/F# F Am/E Am7/G C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7 F C7

## Questions

### Which chords does Dead End Street by The Kinks use?

Different chords: 16. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Dead End Street by The Kinks in?

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

### How hard is Dead End Street to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (16), 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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