Hey Stoopid by Alice Cooper

Overview

Key: C minor · Chords used: 16 · Sections: 12

Form: Intro → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Verse → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Solo → Bridge → Chorus → Chorus → Chorus

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Key changes

• Verse 1 moves to A minor.
• Chorus 1 moves to C minor.
• Verse 2 moves to A minor.
• Chorus 2 moves to C minor.
• Solo moves to D major.
• Chorus 3 moves to C minor.

Section by section

Intro

• Am – F – C – G
  vi – IV – I – V

Verse 1

• Am – F – C – G (×2)
  i – bVI – bIII – bVII

Pre-Chorus 1

• Am – Dm – F – G (×2)
  i – iv – bVI – bVII

Chorus 1

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×4)
  i – bVI – bVII
• Fm – Gm – Cm – B♭
  iv – v – i – bVII

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Pre-Chorus 2

Same chords as Pre-Chorus 1.

Chorus 2

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×4)
  i – bVI – bVII
• Fm – Gm – Cm
  iv – v – i

Solo

• G – A – Bm – D – G – A – F♯m
  IV – V – vi – I – IV – V – iii

Bridge

• G – A (×2)
  IV – V
• F♯m – F♯/A – F♯/C♯
  iii – III (bass A) – III⁶₄

Chorus 3

• Cm – Fm – Gm
  i – iv – v

Chorus 4

• Cm – A♭ – B♭ (×4)
  i – bVI – bVII
• Fm – Gm
  iv – v

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 4.

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• Am (vi) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• F (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.
• C (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, C major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0599, CC0), via ChoCo.
• Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.