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The sequence of power chords in the main riff to Rock You Like a Hurricane by the Scorpions is: E5-G5-A5-C5-D5

But when the entire triad is filled out with an inner voice, it’s hard to tell whether that four chord (A5) is best played major or minor. Try it yourself on piano, planing root position chords and alternating repetitions of the sequence between C-natural and C-sharp when you get to what would otherwise be A5.

I’m leaning towards the C-sharp being more “appropriate.” The darkness of a minor chord at that moment just doesn’t exactly sit right although it also doesn’t draw attention to itself with an accidental.

What do you think?