School Of Hard Knocks Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays412

School Of Hard Knocks by P.O.D. is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Droped D tuning (DADGBE) 
 
INTRO (RIFF 1): 
 
Clean and Palm Muted                                         Distorted 
D--0000--0000--000-3333--3333--333-5555--5555-55--5555--5----7 
A--0000--0000--000-3333--3333--333-5555--5555-55--5555--5----10 
D--0000--0000--000-3333--3333--333-5555--5555-55--5555--5----10 
 
 
Chorus: 
same as intro just distorted 
 
D--0000--0000--000-3333--3333--333-5555--5555-55--5555--5----  
A--0000--0000--000-3333--3333--333-5555--5555-55--5555--5----  }-x2 
D--0000--0000--000-3333--3333--333-5555--5555-55--5555--5---- / 
   We from the school, the school of hard knocks, whos ready to rock (ready 
to rock) 
Rounding up suckas and then knocking em out the box 
 
VERSE: 
 
I confess, I am not Marcos Cruiel. I haven't figured out this part. 
Have fun on your own. I know there are heavy effects and the most prominent 
is a delay. 
 
RIFF 2: 
 
D--000------000------- 
A--000------000------- 
D--000------000------- 
G------(12)-----(7)--- 
B------(12)-----(7)--- 
E------(12)-----(7)--- 
 
Chorus 
 
VERSE 
 
RIFF 2 
 
BRIDGE: 
                               x3 
D-|:---------------------------:|----------------  
A-|:-555--333--555--333--777---:|-555--333--111--  \   x2 
D-|:-777--555--777--555--999---:|-777--555--333--  / 
G-|:-777--555--777--555--999---:|-777--555--333-- / 
 
RIFF 3: 
   Let Ring 
D--0------0---0h3/5-0------  
A--0------0-----------3h5-- / x2 
 
Chorus 
 
ENDING 
   Stacatto           Let Ring 
D--0---0---0         -0 
A--0---0---0 (shhh)  -0 
D--0---0---0         -0 
 
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