The Sound Of Music Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays495

The Sound Of Music by Joy Division is a guitar song played in the key of B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			 Intro (x1) 
Verse (x4) 
Arpeggio 1 (x2) 
Verse (x3) 
Arpeggio 1 (x2) 
Arpeggio 2 (x2) 
Verse (Play until the end) 
Ending Riff (x3) 
Optional Last Chords (x1) 

Intro:
E|--7~-----7~|--x--|-7~----------------------------------- 
B|--7~--7~---|--x--|-7~----------------------------------- 
G|9----------|--x--|-9~----------------------------------- 
D|-----------|--x--|-9~----------------------------------- 
A|-----------|--x--|-7~----------------------------------- 
E|-----------|--x--|-7~----------------------------------- 
              (x31)(x1) 

Verse
E|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7--------------------- 
B|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7--------------------- 
G|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-9~|---9-9--9-9--------------------- 
D|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-9~|---9-9--9-9--------------------- 
A|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7--------------------- 
E|x--x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-7~|---7-7--7-7--------------------- 
                       (x2) 

Arpeggio 1
E|-------------------------------------------------- 
B|-------------------------------------------------- 
G|7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-12b~-7-9-9-9-9---- 
D|-------------------------------------------------- 
A|-------------------------------------------------- 
E|-------------------------------------------------- 

Arpeggio 2
E|----------------------------------------------------- 
B|--------------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x 
G|--------------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x 
D|7-10-9~---7-10-9~---7-10-9~---10-7~---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x 
A|----------------------------------------------------- 
E|----------------------------------------------------- 

Ending Riff 
E|-------------------------------------------------- 
B|-------------------------------------------------- 
G|-------------------------------------------------- 
D|-------------------------------------------------- 
A|5-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-5-3-0-3-5-3-5-3-5-0-3-3-0- 
E|-------------------------------------------------- 

Optional Last Chords 
E|7~---5~---7~--------------------------------------------- 
B|7~---5~---7~--------------------------------------------- 
G|9~---7~---9~--------------------------------------------- 
D|9~---7~---9~--------------------------------------------- 
A|7~---5~---7~--------------------------------------------- 
E|7~---5~---7~--------------------------------------------- 
    	

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