Hard Rock Summer Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays527

Hard Rock Summer by Alice Cooper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords A, D, F#, Ab, B and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 

A x14 D x4 
  
Verso 1 
A 
I'm a rock and roll vagabond I'm a streetwise runaway sixteen when I left home 
      F#              Ab         A                                                    D 
And I don't regret  a single day I'm a sucker for a loud guitar Got one tatooed on my chest 
B             D               A                B 
It's hot July my mouth's  dry you know I'll be screamin' 



E                A 
Hard rock summer 
E                A 
Hard rock summer 
F#                   B                                E 
Rock all night gonna blow this town til morning light going round and round 
F#                        E 
Hard rock summer in the USA 

Verso 2 
A 
Got a job it was so damn hard just workin' for the man all year long I saved my pay 
    F#                Ab        A   
And I stashed it in a rusty can wind got hot and blew my head 
                       D    B                  D             A          B 
Then it blew me out of town I aimed  my van at the L.A. sand California screamin' 

 
E                A 
Hard rock summer 
E                A 
Hard rock summer 
F#             B                    E 
Rock all night gonna blow this town til morning light Going round and round 
F#                        D 
Hard rock summer in the USA 

Solo 

D x20 Ab X4 A X4 

Outro   

E 
Hard rock summer 
A                                                               
Hard rock summer in the US 
E 
Hard rock summer 
A                                                               
Hard rock summer in the US 
E 
Hard rock summer 
A                                                               
Hard rock summer in the US 
E 
Hard rock summer 
A            E         
Hard rock  USA 

A  
to fade out 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante