The Sound Of A Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays518

The Sound Of A by Alice Cooper is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F, Bm, C, Am, Dm, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
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Intro: 
|Em |Em F 
|Em |Em Bm |C |Em 
|Am |Am 
|Em 

verse 1 
Em                       C 
The sound of A is in the air 
Em                        C 
The sound of A is everywhere 
Em                  Am 
With the sound of a gun 
         Am 
And you run 
              Em 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 

verse 2 
Em                      C 
The sound of A is all around 
Em                       C 
The sound of A is underground 
Em                       Am 
It will creep into your bone 
             Am 
When you're alone 
            Em 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 

|Em |Em |Em |Em 

Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    F |C |F Dm 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 

|Dm C |F 
|Em x4 

verse 3 
Em                            C 
The sound of A will keep you down 
Em                          C 
With that cruel, peculiar sound 
Em                        Am 
It will shoot into your brain 
      Am 
And remain 
              Em 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
 
Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    F |C |F Dm 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 

|Dm C |F 
|Em x4 

Outro 
             Em 
The sound of A 
             Em 
The sound of A 
G            Em 
The sound of A 
(Repeat till fade) 
Em 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante