A5 is A and E. Songs write A5 or A power chord. The first picture shows those two notes.
x means muted. 0 means open.
Short code x02xxx, thickest string first.
A power chord uses the notes A and E.
More A guitar chords.
Also A major, A minor, A dominant 7, A major 7, A minor 7, A suspended 2, A suspended 4, A diminished, A augmented.
Short code 577xxx, thickest string first.
A power chord uses the notes A and E.
Both pictures are A and E. That is an A power chord. There is no C sharp, so it is not A major. The first picture is two strings: A string open, D string fret 2. The second picture starts on the thick E at fret 5 and uses three strings. Same two notes. The second shape often sounds bigger.
If the A power chord in a song sounds bigger than the first picture, try the second picture lower on this page.
This chord leaves off the note that would make it major or minor. Play A major after this and you will hear C sharp come in.
Play each line in order.
This is the hard-hit one. A power chord (A5) to D power chord (D5) to E power chord (E5) and home, nothing soft in the middle. 1970s hard rock and 1990s punk, a garage with the door up. It feels like yelling along even when you do not know the words.
G power chord (G5) walks out. D5 pulls. A5 stomps back. Southern rock and classic-rock radio. A tailgate. Dust. Big. Nobody came to cry.
Two chords, and they punch. A5 then D5, over and over. 1970s punk, a school gym, bad speakers. Simple is the feeling.