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Little By Little – The Rolling Stones: piano chords

Little By Little by The Rolling Stones uses 9 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

Practice this song
E major Difficulty: medium

Chords in the song

E D B G E7 A Bb A7 B7

Chord sheet

Intro 1

E D B G E E7 E A Bb B

Verse 1

E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7

Chorus 1

A A7 A A7 A A7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E B B7 B A A7 E E7 E E7 E A Bb B

Instrumental 1

E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 A A7 A A7 A A7 A A7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 B B7 B B7 A A7 A A7 E E7 E E7 E A Bb B E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 A A7 A A7 A A7 A A7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 B B7 B B7 A A7 A A7 E E7 E E7 E A Bb B

Verse 2

E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7

Chorus 2

A A7 A A7 A A7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E B B7 B A A7 E E7 E E7 E A Bb B

Outro 1

E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 E E7 A A7 A A7 A A7 A A7

Chords on the piano

E

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

D

D — bass noteDF♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneA
DF♯A
Practice D

B

B — bass noteBD♯ — chord toneD♯F♯ — chord toneF♯
BD♯F♯
Practice B

G

G — bass noteGB — chord toneBD — chord toneD
GBD
Practice G

E7

E — bass noteEG♯ — chord toneG♯B — chord toneBD — chord toneD
EG♯BD
Practice E7

A

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

A#

B♭ — bass noteB♭D — chord toneDF — chord toneF
A♯DF
Practice A#

A7

A — bass noteAC♯ — chord toneC♯E — chord toneEG — chord toneG
AC♯EG
Practice A7

B7

B — bass noteBD♯ — chord toneD♯F♯ — chord toneF♯A — chord toneA
BD♯F♯A
Practice B7

Questions

Which chords does Little By Little by The Rolling Stones use?

Different chords: 9. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

What key is Little By Little 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 Little By Little to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (9), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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