Hangin Tough Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays600

Hangin Tough by New Kids On The Block is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B5, A5, F#5, D5 and E5. 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 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 


Verse 
       B5        N.C.                       B5    N.C. 
Listen up, everybody, if you wanna take a chance 
B5               N.C.                            B5  N.C. 
Just get on the floor and do the New Kids' dance 
B5                 N.C.                            B5    N.C. 
Don't worry 'bout nothing, cause it won't take long 
             B5           N.C.                    B5  N.C. 
We're gonna put you in a trance with a funky song 

 
                           E5 
Cause you gotta be hangin' tough 
        B5 
Hangin' tough 
        E5 
Hangin' tough 
B5 
 Are you tough enough? 
         E5 
Hangin' tough 
         B5 
Hangin' tough 
         E5 
Hangin' tough 
B5 N.C. 
   We're rough 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 


Verse 
      B5            N.C.                      B5  N.C. 
Everybody's always talkin' 'bout who's on top 
        B5            N.C.                           B5  N.C. 
Don't cross our path, cause you're gonna get stomped 
   B5           N.C.                  B5  N.C. 
We ain't gonna give anybody any slack 
           B5             N.C.                              B5  N.C. 
And if you try to keep us down, we're gonna come right back 

 
                            E5 
And you know we're hangin' tough 
         B5 
Hangin' tough 
         E5 
Hangin' tough 
B5 
 Are you tough enough? 
         E5 
Hangin' tough 
         B5 
Hangin' tough 
         E5 
Hangin' tough 
B5 N.C. 
   We're rough 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 


Keyboards solo 
|N.C. |N.C. | (8x) 


Bridge 
     B5          N.C. 
Get loose everybody, cause we're gonna do our thing 
           B5           N.C. 
Cause you know it ain't over till the fat lady sings 
N.C. 
Now check it out 

|B5 A5 F#5 D5 |B5 | (4x) 
|N.C. |N.C. | (3x) 

N.C. 
Everybody 
N.C. 
Just hangin' tough 

B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, just hangin' tough 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hangin' tough 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, just hangin' tough 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hangin' tough 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, just hangin' tough 
B5  A5  F#5 D5  B5 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, hangin' tough 
    	

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