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The Sound Of A

Alice Cooper

MetalMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Em○○○○
F
Bm×
C×○○
Am×○○
Dm××○
G○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: 
|Em |Em F 
|Em |Em Bm |C |Em 
|Am |Am 
|Em 
 
verse 1 
Em                       C 
The sound of A is in the air 
Em                        C 
The sound of A is everywhere 
Em                  Am 
With the sound of a gun 
         Am 
And you run 
              Em 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
 
verse 2 
Em                      C 
The sound of A is all around 
Em                       C 
The sound of A is underground 
Em                       Am 
It will creep into your bone 
             Am 
When you're alone 
            Em 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
 
|Em |Em |Em |Em 
 
Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    F |C |F Dm 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
 
|Dm C |F 
|Em x4 
 
verse 3 
Em                            C 
The sound of A will keep you down 
Em                          C 
With that cruel, peculiar sound 
Em                        Am 
It will shoot into your brain 
      Am 
And remain 
              Em 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 
 
Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    Em 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
Am                                    F |C |F Dm 
Meaningless noise is everybody's toys 
 
|Dm C |F 
|Em x4 
 
Outro 
             Em 
The sound of A 
             Em 
The sound of A 
G            Em 
The sound of A 
(Repeat till fade) 
Em

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Chord set

Em · F · Bm · C · Am · Dm · G

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.