# A Quick One, While He's Away – The Who: piano chords

A Quick One, While He's Away by The Who uses 16 chords in D major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[Dsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsus4), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [Gsus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsus4), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [Asus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asus2), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [Dsus2](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dsus2), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [Asus4](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asus4), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [E7](https://pianokitty.com/c/E7), [Bm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bm), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Bbm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Asharpm)

## Chord sheet

- Instrumental 1: Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G Gsus4 G Gsus4 G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
- Instrumental 2: Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D G Am G D G Am G D G Am G D G Am G D G Am G D G Am G D G Am G D G Am G D Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D A E A E A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A Asus2 A E D Asus4 A E B E B E B E B E A E B D E B D E B E B E A E B D E B D E B D E7 A Bm A Asus4 A Bm A Asus4
- Verse 1: A D A C G F Bbm F A D A D Asus4 D A D A D A D Asus4 D Asus4 D Asus4 D
- Verse 2: C D Dsus4 D C D Dsus4 D A D Asus4 C G C G D G A D
- Outro 1: G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G A D G D G D G Asus4 D G A D G A D G A D A D

## Questions

### Which chords does A Quick One, While He's Away by The Who use?

Different chords: 16. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is A Quick One, While He's Away by The Who in?

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

### How hard is A Quick One, While He's Away to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (16), 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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