___________________ MOST COMMON CHORDS ___________________ A5 A A5 B5 C5 C C D5 D E5 E E5 E F5 F F5 E|--------------|--------------|------------3---|-------2-------|-------------------|------------------| B|-------2------|--------------|--------3---3---|---3---3-------|-------------------|-------1---1------| G|---2---2------|-----4--------|----5---0---0---|---2---2---7---|-------1---9---9---|-------2---2--10--| D|---2---2---7--|--4--4---9----|----5-----------|---0---0---7---|---2---2---9---9---|---3---3---3--10--| A|---0---0---7--|--2--2---9----|----3---3---3---|-----------5---|---2---2---7---7---|---3---3------8---| E|-----------5--|---------7----|----------------|---------------|---0---0-------0---|---1--------------| G G5 F#/D E|----------3-------| |-------2---| B|------3---3-------| |---3---3---| G|--0---0---0-------| |---2---2---| D|--0---0---0---5---| |---0---0---| A|--------------5---| |-----------| E|--3---3---3---3---| |---2---2---| These are the most common chords AC/DC use. There simple and not hard. mostly they are power chords or (5) chords. and in Major positions. Not too often do AC/DC play # or Flats as main rythems. and mostly the E A and D chords are the favoured, followed by G and C. AC/DC dont use full bar chords, They preffer power chords ,either because there easier or they sound better and more powerfull blasting out of the speaker turned up to the maximum. and Bar chords sound shit with distortuion. G F#/D F#/D2 E|-------------------|---2----| B|------3------3-----|---3----| G|------0------2-----|---2----| D|------0------0-----|---0----| A|-------------------|--------| E|------3------2-----|---2----| The G and F#/D chord come into play alot in AC/DC's style. (G) The open strings ring while the middle finger holds the 6th string bass note and the ring finger holds the 3rd string 3rd fret. (F#/D) The finger then alter to the pointing finger coming to the 2nd fret on the 6th string, And the middle finger switching from the G note on the 6th, down to the A note on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string. The finger does not move at all on the 2nd string 3rd fret. Practice switching back and forth. without moving that 2nd string finger and you will have another of AC/DC's styles. (F#/D) This isnt used as much. Im not shore if they even do this at all. But the AC/DC style dosent include difficult held notes. To show this notes posotion in probably any other way would be the fingers index on the 2nd of the 6th, middle on the 2nd of the 3rd. ring on the 2nd of the 1st and the pinky on the 3rd of the 2nd. But that slows down alot. AC/DC use fast adjustment. playing it that way doesnt seem to fit there style. so if they do play it. it would probably be in a cheap way (meaning an easier but cheap method) and would play (index on the 2nd of the 3rd, middle on the 3rd of the 1st and ring finger on the 3rd of the second, and the thumb holding down the 2nd of the 6th. These are the most common chords AC/DC use. There simple and not hard. mostly they are power chords or (5) chords. and in Major positions. Not too often do AC/DC play # or Flats as main rythems. and mostly the E A and D chords are the favoured followed by G and C. ______________ SWITCHER ROO ______________ E|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|---4--4--4--4--4--4---| D|---4--4--4--4--4--4---| A|---0--2--0--2--0--2---| E|----------------------| This style is used often by the Youngs. Its played simply buy holding the 4ths with your ring and pinky finger and letting your index finger press down then releasing. Its used alot by AC/DC, by changing the speed of it, you might reckignise some AC/DC tunes right away. ____________________ THAT THING THEY DO _____________________ Figure 2 E|--------------------------|| |---------------|| B|--------------------------|| |---------------|| G|--------------------------|| |---------------|| D|---5--5--5--5--5--5--5----|| |---5---5---2---|| A|---3--2--3--2--3--2--3----|| |---3---2---0---|| E|--------------------------|| |---------------|| Simmiler to the style above, this stlye is used just as much. simply holding the 2nd fret with your ring finger and the 3rd with yyour middle, and the 5th with your pinky. It also sometime is followed by a simple open chord, if they played this tab here for exsample (FUGURE 2) it would get followed by an open A chord. for eg "hells bells" _____________________ You know that sound? _____________________ E|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--------------------------| D|----5--4--5--4--5--4--5---| A|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0---| E|--------------------------| The technique here pops up often on AC/DC's. Playing it with whatever fingers comfortable or looking for where the next notes lead to , and letting the open string ring. ______________________ BAR BAR BLUES ______________________ A E|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------------------------------- B|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |------------------------------- G|----------------------------------| |--2--2--4--2--4---2--2--4--2--4--| |------------------------------- D|---2--2--4--2--4---2--2--4--2--4--| |--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--| |-2--2--4--2--4---2--2--4--2--4- A|---0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--| |---------------------------------| |-0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0- E|----------------------------------|x2 |---------------------------------| |------------------------------- E|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|| B|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|| G|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|| D|----------------------------------| |--2--2--4--2--4---2--2--4--2--4-|| A|---2--2--4--2--4---2--2--4--2--4--| |--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0-|| repeat E|---0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--| |--------------------------------|| Ive picked the key of A here. Alot of earlier work of AC/DC used the bar blues or variations of it. It appears many times, even in just the simple first bar stle of alot of earlier recordings! AC/DC use all kinds of these formations in diffrent keys ect. _______________________ ANGUS LEAD _______________________ H E|---------5--5-----------5--5------| B|---------5--5-----------5--5------| G|---5-(6)----------5-(6)-----------| D|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| This little lead number was used in alot of earlier songs. particuly HighVoltage. It is a little Chuck Berry style lead rythmic thing that Angus often used not particuly as a solo but more a lead style rythem of use. P P P P P P P P E|--7--4--0--------8--5--0--------10--7--0-----8--5--0---| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------| Angus plays this in pretty much every show he does, its kind of a signiture mark. Picking the 7 to start off with and pulling of to the 4 and then pulling off to 0 and then so on to 8 ect.. and gradulay building up speed untill finally just using the style below.. E-7-4-0-7-4-0-7-4-0-7-4-0-7-4-0-7-4-0-7-4-0-7-4-0---8-5-0--8-5-0-8-5-0- ect... B---------------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------------------------- doing the same pattern, but not picking , and just letting it ring out. trill E|--------------------|----------------|-----5-(7)----| B|--------------------|----------------|--------------| G|--------------------|---(4-2-0)------|--------------| D|-----2-(0)----------|----------------|--------------| A|--------------------|----------------|--------------| E|--------------------|----------------|--------------| This may be a big "no shit sherlock" expected reply. But another of Angus's tradmarks is the trill. I could give hundreds of exsamples but the trill is what Angus is the master of by starting with a picked note then pulling off and hammering back on ect gives one of the most comment sounds to the Angus Young sound. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hopefully this will have taught you the style of AC/DC and make your AC/DC playing easier to understand! And give you that edge of what to expect from AC/DC . ROCK ON ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Maniac1075's AC/DC guitar tabs Http://www.geocities.com/maniac1075_2000/tab1.html _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________