# Holding on to You – Twenty One Pilots: piano chords

Holding on to You by Twenty One Pilots uses 13 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[F](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fmaj), [Dm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [C/E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [F7](https://pianokitty.com/c/F7), [C#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm), [F#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpm), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [G#m](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gsharpm), [F#](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpmaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: F Dm Am F Dm Am F C G F E Am F C G Am F C G
- Verse 1: Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G F C G Am F C G
- Chorus 1: F C G F C G F C G Dm C/E F7
- Interlude 1: C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m B C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m B
- Verse 2: C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m B C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m B C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m F#m C#m B
- Chorus 2: E C#m G#m F# E C#m G#m F#
- Interlude 2: E C#m G#m F#
- Chorus 3: E C#m G#m F#
- Bridge 1: G#m F# G#m F# G#m F# B E G#m F# B E G#m F# B E G#m F# B E

## Questions

### Which chords does Holding on to You by Twenty One Pilots use?

Different chords: 13. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Holding on to You by Twenty One Pilots in?

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

### How hard is Holding on to You to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (13), 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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