Gonna Raise Hell Chords
by Cheap Trick
Gonna Raise Hell by Cheap Trick is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
tuning: standard
hit the slide up the fretboard in the intro hard, like Pete Comita
intro:
G-----------------------------------------------5---------------|
D------------5---------------5----------------5-5---------------|
A----5--7-7-----------5--7-7-----------5--7-7---3---------------| repeat
E---------------------------------------------------------1/----|
gonna raise hell (4 times)
preverse
E A E A
verse
(E) Ambition HA! If all I've
(G) heard is true there's nothing much I can do to change the
(A) World it's irreversible but in
(G) what it lacks it's got a taste that smacks of
(A) something irresistible
chorus
A--------------------------------------------0--2---3--------3-2-------|
E----0---------------------2----3--------------------------------3-2-0-|
gonna raise hell gonna raise hell gonna raise hell
repeat chorus
preverse
second verse
Submission? YES! Now I won't name names and a secret's a secret
But a hint's a hint or a clue
You really wanna know you really wanna go
There's only two things you got to do
chorus twice
bridge (guitar in parenthesis, bass not) 5 times
G--------------3------------4-----------------2---------------2-----|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----(3)---3-3-----(2)--2-2-------(2)-----2-2------(0)----0-0-------|
mother!
third verse
My mission? Ah, yes! Everybody hear? Everybody here
It's a fate I all agree
Sometimes you win I never lose
To me it's no mystery
chorus repeated until drum solo
bass starts intro
when guitar starts, bass plays chorus
chorus until fade
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-I'm here, I'm queer, I play 5-string bass