The Lovin' Spoonful

Do You Believe in Magic? – The Lovin' Spoonful: piano chords

Do You Believe in Magic? by The Lovin' Spoonful uses 7 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

Practice this song
E major Difficulty: medium

Chords in the song

A Amaj7 E Emaj7 G#m F#m A6

Chord sheet

Intro 1

A Amaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 G#m F#m A E A E G#m A E A Amaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 A Amaj7 A Amaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 G#m F#m A E A E G#m A E

Chords on the piano

A

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneE
AC♯E
Practice A

Amaj7

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneEG♯ — chord toneG♯
AC♯EG♯
Practice Amaj7

E

E — bass noteEG♯ — chord toneG♯B — chord toneB
EG♯B
Practice E

Emaj7

E — bass noteEG♯ — chord toneG♯B — chord toneBD♯ — chord toneD♯
EG♯BD♯
Practice Emaj7

G#m

G♯ — bass noteG♯B — chord toneBD♯ — chord toneD♯
G♯BD♯
Practice G#m

F#m

F♯ — bass noteF♯A — chord toneAC♯ — chord toneC♯
F♯AC♯
Practice F#m

A6

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneEF♯ — chord toneF♯
AC♯EF♯
Practice A6

Questions

Which chords does Do You Believe in Magic? by The Lovin' Spoonful use?

Different chords: 7. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

What key is Do You Believe in Magic? by The Lovin' Spoonful in?

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

How hard is Do You Believe in Magic? to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (7), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.