Schoool's Out by Alice Cooper

Overview

Key: F♯ minor · Chords used: 14 · Sections: 17

Form: Intro → Intro → Pre-Chorus → Chorus → Interlude → Bridge → Solo → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Bridge ×2 → Solo → Solo → Solo → Chorus → Outro

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.

Section by section

Intro 1

• D♯m – G♯/D♯ (×16)
  vi – II⁶₄
• D♯m
  vi

Intro 2

• D♯m – G♯/D♯ (×8)
  vi – II⁶₄
• D♯m
  vi

Pre-Chorus

• B – C♯ – D
  IV – V – bVI

Chorus 1

• F♯m – F♯m7 – B/F♯ (×6)
  i – i7 – IV⁶₄

Interlude 1

• G♯ – E
  II – bVII

Bridge 1

• B – C♯
  IV – V

Solo 1

• D♯m – G♯/D♯ (×8)
  vi – II⁶₄
• D♯m
  vi

Verse

• D♯m – G♯/D♯ (×8)
  vi – II⁶₄
• D♯m
  vi

Chorus 2

• F♯m – F♯m7 – B/F♯ (×3)
  i – i7 – IV⁶₄
• F♯m
  i

Interlude 2

• F♯m – E – B
  i – bVII – IV

Bridge 2

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Bridge 3

Same chords as Bridge 1.

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Solo 3

• Fm – B♭m/F (×8)
  bi – biv⁶₄
• Fm
  bi

Solo 4

Same chords as Solo 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 2.

Outro

• F♯m – E – B – A – F♯
  i – bVII – IV – bIII – I

Chord vocabulary

Harmonic highlights

• D♯m (vi) is borrowed from the parallel key, F♯ major.
• B (IV) is borrowed from the parallel key, F♯ major.
• B/F♯ (IV⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, F♯ major.
• B♭m/F (biv⁶₄) is borrowed from the parallel key, F♯ major.
• F♯ (I) is borrowed from the parallel key, F♯ major.

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the McGill Billboard Project (Burgoyne, Wild & Fujinaga, 2011). Expert transcription by trained musicians (song 0195, 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.