# 19th Nervous Breakdown – The Rolling Stones: piano chords

19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones uses 8 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Esus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Esus4), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [Bsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bsus4), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7), [Asus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asus4)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: Esus4 E B E Esus4 E
- Verse 1: E7 A E7
- Chorus 1: B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E7 A7 E7
- Verse 2: A7 E7
- Chorus 2: B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E7 A7 E7
- Bridge 1: B E7 A Asus4 A Asus4 A B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E7
- Verse 3: A7 E7
- Chorus 3: B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E7 A7 E7
- Bridge 2: B E7 A Asus4 A Asus4 A B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E7
- Verse 4: A7 E7
- Chorus 4: B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B E A E E7

## Questions

### Which chords does 19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones use?

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

### What key is 19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones in?

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

### How hard is 19th Nervous Breakdown 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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