Hot Legs Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays573

Hot Legs by Rod Stewart is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
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  			D  3*             C  3*             G 
 e |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 b |--7-----|--------|--5-----|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 g |7b8-----|--?-----|5b6-----|--?-----|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 D |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 A |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 E |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
  
 COMMENTS: 3* means four times   
  
 The other guitar just playes the basic rock 'n roll pattern meaning for  
 example in G: 
  
    G 
 e |-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 b |-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 g |-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 D |-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 A |5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7--|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 E |3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
  
  
 ... and couple of bars later on ... 
  
    G 8va      tied 
 e |-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 b |-----------------|---4-------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 g |-----0-2-0-2420--|-3b4r3-----------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 D |-0-2-------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 A |-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
 E |-----------------|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|-------- 
  
 COMMENTS: 8va means 12 frets up (an octave) 
 

    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante