What key is "We Built This City" in?

"We Built This City" by Starship is in the key of Bb with a tempo of 150 BPM. Difficulty: easy.

Is "We Built This City" easy to play on piano?

Yes — this arrangement is rated easy, meaning it uses simple chord patterns and a manageable tempo. Most beginners can play through it in 1-3 practice sessions using our color-coded notes.

Can I play "We Built This City" without reading sheet music?

Yes. Our player offers a falling-notes mode (Synthesia-style) and a beginner mode with color-coded keys — both let you play along without reading traditional notation.

Lyrics

We (Bbmaj9)built this cit y,

we (F)built this cit y on (F)rock (Gm7)and (F)roll.

Built this cit y,

we (F)built this cit y on (Am7)rock (F)and roll.

Say you al don’t ways know me

or (Bb)rec og nize my face.

(Eb)Say (C)Who cares, you don’t they’re care who goes ing to that kind of place.

tion names.

Knee deep in the hoop la,

’cause (Bb)sink ing in your fight,

They (Eb)too man ir y (C)run a ways

eat ing up the night.

Mar (Dm)co ni plays the (Bbmaj7)mam ba, lis ten to the ra di (C)o.

Don’t you re (F)mem ber?

We (F)built this (Bb)cit y,

we (F)built this (Bb)cit y on (F)rock (C)and (Dm)roll.

We (Bbmaj9)built this cit y,

we (F)built this cit y on (F)rock (Gm7)and (F)roll.

(Bbmaj9)Built this cit y,

we (F)built this cit y on (C)rock (F)and (Bb)roll.

Some one al don’t the play ing

or (Bb)cor por a tion games.

(Eb)Who (C)Who rides you don’t the al ways chang ing in two cor por a tion names.

We just want to dance here,

’cause (Bb)some one stole the stage.

They (Eb)call us for re (C)spon si ble,

write us off the page.

Mar (Dm)co ni plays the (Bbmaj7)mam ba,

lis ten to the ra di (C)o.

Don’t you re (F)mem ber?

We (F)built this (Bb)cit y,

we (F)built this (Bb)cit y on (F)rock (C)and (Dm)roll.

We (Bbmaj9)built this cit y,

we (F)built this cit y on (F)rock (Gm7)and (F)roll.

(Bbmaj9)Built this cit y,

we (F)built this cit y on (C)rock (F)and (Bb)roll.

It’s just an (F)oth er (Bb)Sun (F)day

(F)in a (F)tired old (F)street.

Po (F)lice have (F)got the (Bb)choke (F)hold, oh, (C)oh oh (F)oh,

but we just (C)lost (F)the beat.

Who

We built, we built this cit y, now.

Built this We built, cit y, we built this cit y.

We built, we built this cit y, now.

Built this We built, cit y, we built this cit y.

We Built This City by Starship

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Easy piano arrangement in the key of Bb at 150 BPM. Difficulty: easy. Color-coded notes — no sheet-reading skill required.

About “We Built This City”

What key is "We Built This City" in?: "We Built This City" by Starship is in the key of Bb with a tempo of 150 BPM. Difficulty: easy.
Is "We Built This City" easy to play on piano?: Yes — this arrangement is rated easy, meaning it uses simple chord patterns and a manageable tempo. Most beginners can play through it in 1-3 practice sessions using our color-coded notes.
Can I play "We Built This City" without reading sheet music?: Yes. Our player offers a falling-notes mode (Synthesia-style) and a beginner mode with color-coded keys — both let you play along without reading traditional notation.

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We Built This City by Starship

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