# King Of Pain – The Police: piano chords

King Of Pain by The Police uses 18 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: hard.

## Chords in the song

[B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [Gmaj7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj7), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj), [F#7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharp7), [G6](https://pianokitty.com/c/G6), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [A/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [D/F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Gadd9](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gadd9), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Dmaj7/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj7), [F#m/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [B/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [B/A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [Gsus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsus2), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: B A
- Verse 1: B A B A B A B A Gmaj7 A Gmaj7 A F# F#7 Gmaj7 G6 B A B A B A B A Gmaj7 A Gmaj7 A F# F#7 Gmaj7 G6
- Chorus 1: D A/E D/F# Gadd9 D A/E D/F# Gadd9 D A/E D/F# Gadd9 D A/E D/F# Gadd9
- Verse 2: B A B A B A B A G A G A F# G B A B A B A B A G A G A F# G
- Chorus 2: D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9
- Verse 3: B A B A B A B A G A G A F# G B A B A B A B A G A G A F# G
- Chorus 3: D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9
- Bridge 1: A F#m/G A F#m/G A F#m/G A F#m/G A F#m/G A F#m/G A F#m/G A F#m/G
- Solo 1: B B/E B B/A B B/E B B/A Gsus2 A Gsus2 A F#m Gsus2 G
- Verse 4: B B/A B B/E B B/A A F#m G Bm D/F# Gsus2
- Chorus 4: D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9
- Outro 1: D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9 D Dmaj7/E D/F# Gadd9

## Questions

### Which chords does King Of Pain by The Police use?

Different chords: 18. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is King Of Pain by The Police in?

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

### How hard is King Of Pain to play on the piano?

Difficulty: hard. The rating counts the different chords (18), 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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