# Surfin' Bird – The Trashmen: piano chords

Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen uses 3 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [A7](https://pianokitty.com/c/A7)

## Chord sheet

- Verse 1: E7 B7 A7 E7

## Questions

### Which chords does Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen use?

Different chords: 3. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Surfin' Bird by The Trashmen in?

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

### How hard is Surfin' Bird to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (3), 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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