HARD TIMES
As recorded by AC/DC
(From the 2014 Album ROCK OR BUST)
Words and Music by Angus Young & Malcolm Young
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Angus Young - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Stevie Young - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Angus Young - Electric Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Angus Young - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=94
E5 A5 E5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------------|
W E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S +Q
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------------|---------2----------|
|----------|---------------------|---------2---2-(2)--|
|----------|-2-4-5---5---4-----2-|-2-4-5---0---2-(2)--|
|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-(0)--|
|
| Gtr II
| W W H E S S +Q
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------------|--------------------|
|----------|---------------------|---------2----------|
|----------|---------------------|---------2---2-(2)--|
|----------|---------------------|---------0---2-(2)--|
|----------|---------------------|-------------0-(0)--|
1st & 2nd Verses
A5 E5 E5
PM--------------------------| PM----------------|
E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S +Q E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------||o---------------------|
|---------------------|---------2----------||----------------------|
|---------------------|---------2---2-(2)--||----------------------|
|-2-4-5---5---4-----2-|-2-4-5---0---2-(2)--||o-2-4-5---5---4-----2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-(0)--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|
|
| W H E S S +Q W
|---------------------|--------------------||----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------||o---------------------|
|---------------------|---------2----------||----------------------|
|---------------------|---------2---2-(2)--||----------------------|
|---------------------|---------0---2-(2)--||o---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------0-(0)--||----------------------|
A5 E5 E5 A5 E5 A5
PM----| PM--------------------------|
E E E E E S S +Q E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S +E. S
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------2----------|---------------------|---------2-----------2-||
|---------2---2-(2)--|---------------------|---------2---2-(2)---2-||
|-2-4-5---0---2-(2)--|-2-4-5---5---4-----2-|-2-4-5---0---2-(2)---0-||
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-(0)--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-(0)-----||
|
| H E S S +Q W H E S S +E E
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------||
|---------2----------|---------------------|---------2-------------||
|---------2---2-(2)--|---------------------|---------2---2-(2)-----||
|---------0---2-(2)--|---------------------|---------0---2-(2)-----||
|-------------0-(0)--|---------------------|-------------0-(0)-----||
Pre-Chorus
A5 D5/A
E E E E S S S S +E. S E E E E S S S S +E. S W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-3----|
|-2-------------2-(2)-2-|-2-------------2-(2)-2-|-2----|
|-2-5-4-5-2-4-5-2-(2)-2-|-2-5-4-5-2-4-5-2-(2)-2-|-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-|-0----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|
| W W W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-3----|
|-2---------------------|-2---------------------|-2----|
|-2---------------------|-2---------------------|-0----|
|-0---------------------|-0---------------------|-0----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------|
Chorus
$
A/C# E5 A5 E5
Gtrs I, II
PM------|
W E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +Q
|----------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------||---------------------------------|--------------2----------|
|-2--------||---------------------------------|--------------2---2-(2)--|
|-4--------||--2--4--5-----5-----4--(4)--2--2-|--2--4--5-----0---2-(2)--|
|----------||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|--0--0--0--0----0-0-(0)--|
|
| Gtr III
| W E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E Q Q
|----------||--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0----------|
|----------||-12-14-15-15-15-15-14-(14)-12-12-|-12-14-15-15-17----------|
|-2--------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-4--------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
A5 E5
E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +E. S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|--------------2------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------2---2-(2)----||
|--2--4--5-----5-----4--(4)--2--2-|--2--4--5-----0---2-(2)-2-o||
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|--0--0--0--0----0-0-(0)-0--||
|
| E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E Q Q
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0------------||
|-12-14-15-15-15-15-14-(14)-12-12-|-12-14-15-15-17-----------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
2.,D.S.
E5 A5 E5
E E E E E S S +E. S E E E E E S S +S S E
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------2-----------|---------------------------------|
|--------------2---2-(2)---|---------------------------------|
|--2--4--5-----0---2-(2)-2-|--2--4--5-----5-----4--(4)--2--2-|
|--0--0--0--0----0-0-(0)-0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|
|
| E E E E Q Q E E E E E S S +S S E
|--0--0--0--0--0-----------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|
|-12-14-15-15-17-----------|-12-14-15-15-15-15-14-(14)-12-12-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
To Coda
A5 E5
E E E E E S S +E. S
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------2------------|
|--------------2---2-(2)----|
|--2--4--5-----0---2-(2)-2--|
|--0--0--0--0----0-0-(0)-0--|
|
| E E E E Q Q
|--0--0--0--0--0------------|
|-12-14-15-15-17------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
E E E E E S S +S S E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--2--4--5-----5-----4--(4)--2--2-|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|
|
| E E E E E S S +S S E
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|
|-12-14-15-15-15-15-14-(14)-12-12-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
Bridge
A5 E5 C5
E E E E E S S +Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|--------------2---------------||--5---5--------5-------5--------|
|--------------2---2-(2)-------||--5---5--------5-------5--------|
|--2--4--5-----0---2-(2)-------||--3---3--------3-------3--------|
|--0--0--0--0----0-0-(0)-------||--------------------------------|
|
| E E E E Q Q W
|--0--0--0--0--0---------------||--------------------------------|
|-12-14-15-15-17---------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| H Q S E. Q S S E Q E E
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||-12-----------------------------|
|------------------------14b16-||-----14p12----12b12.5----14b16==|
|------------------------------||-----------14-------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------------|
A5
Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---2----2---------2------------2---|
|---2----2---------2------------2---|
|---0----0---------0------------0---|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| W
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| |--3---| |---3----|
| +Q E E E E E S S +Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-(14)--14r-14-12-14-12-------------|
|-----------------------14-14-(14)--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E5 A5 E5
E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------2-------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------2---2-(2)-----|
|--2--4--5-----5-----4--(4)--2--2-|--2--4--5-----0---2-(2)-----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|--0--0--0--0----0-0-(0)-----|
|
| E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E Q Q
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0-------------|
|-12-14-15-15-15-15-14-(14)-12-12-|-12-14-15-15-17-------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| W H Q S E.
|---------------------------------|--------------------10s12---|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
C5
Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--5-------------5----------5-----------5----|
|--5-------------5----------5-----------5----|
|--3-------------3----------3-----------3----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| E E +E E E S S S S E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|-15b17-15b17==(15)r-12-15----12-------------|
|--------------------------14----12----------|
|-----------------------------------14-14-12-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
A/C# E5
Q Q Q Q E E E E E S S +S S E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---2-------------------2----------------2--------------2-----|---------------------------------|
|---2-------------------2----------------2--------------2-----|---------------------------------|
|---4-------------------4----------------4--------------4-----|--2--4--5-----5-----4--(4)--2--2-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|
|
| W E E E E E S S +S S E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-12-14-15-15-15-15-14-(14)-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| +E S +S S E S S E. +E E W
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------15-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------14b16-(14)----14pb16-14pb15-14pb16-14b16==(14)r---|---------------------------------|
|-(12)b12.5---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A5 E5 C5
E E E E E S S +Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------2------------------|-5--------5-------------5--------5----|
|--------------2---2-(2)----------|-5--------5-------------5--------5----|
|--2--4--5-----0---2-(2)----------|-3--------3-------------3--------3----|
|--0--0--0--0----0-0-(0)----------|--------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E Q Q W
|--0--0--0--0--0------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-12-14-15-15-17------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~
| H Q S E S S E. +S S +E +S S S S E E
|---------------------------------|-5------------------------------------|
|------------------------8b10-8b9-|---8b10==(8)r-7pb8r(7)-(7)-5-8---5----|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------7---x\-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------x\-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A/C#
Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------------2-------------------2------------------------2------|
|-2--------------2-------------------2------------------------2------|
|-4--------------4-------------------4------------------------4------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E S S E S +S S S S +E E
|---10----10----10----10----10-----(10)--10----10----10-----(10)\----|
|---13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15-13b15==(13)r-13b15-13b15-13b15==(13)r\---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 A5 E5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------2------------|
|-----------------------|---------2---2-(2)----|
|-2-4-5---5---4-(4)-2-2-|-2-4-5---0---2-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-(0)----|
|
| Gtr IV
| W H Q E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------12-|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
D.S. al Coda
A5 E5
E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------2-------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------2---------2-(2)-----||
|---2---4-5----5----4-(4)-2-2-|-2-4---5-----------0---------2-(2)-----||
|---0---0-0-0--0--0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-0---0-----0-----------0---0-(0)-----||
|
| +H E E Q E S S E E E E +E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-(12)\-------(0)-------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---9s7-7b7.5-7b7.5-7b7.5-7b9---(7)-----||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------||
&
E5 A5 E5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +Q
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------2--------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------2----2--(2)----------|
|--2--4--5-----5-----4--(4)--2--2----|--2--4----------5--------------0----2--(2)----------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0----|--0--0----------0--------0--------0-0--(0)----------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E S S +S S E E E E E Q Q
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--(0)--0--0----|--0--0----------0--------0-----0--------------------|
|-12-14-15-15-15-15-14-(14)-12-12----|-12-14---------15-------15----17--------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H Q S S S S E S S +S +S S S E E +E S S
|------------------------------16-17-|-16-17-17b19==(17)r(17)-16--------------------------|
|---------------------------17-------|---------------------------17-17-15---(15)---15b17==|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
C5
Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---5-------------5---------5------------5--------------|
|---5-------------5---------5------------5--------------|
|---3-------------3---------3------------3--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| +S S E E. S +S S S S T S. E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-(15)r-15-15b17-15b17-15-(15)-12-----------------------|
|---------------------------------14-12-14s12--12b12.5--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
A5 C5
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--2---2------2-----2----|--5------5-----------5-------5-----|
|--2---2------2-----2----|--5------5-----------5-------5-----|
|--0---0------0-----0----|--3------3-----------3-------3-----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Q E E +Q E E Q S E S Q +E E
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------15-------15----------------|
|------------------------|-14b16-----14b16----14b16r=(14)\---|
|-12--12-12-(12)\--(5)---|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A/C#
Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--2-----------2---------2-----------2--||
|--2-----------2---------2-----------2--||
|--4-----------4---------4-----------4--||
|---------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S E S S +E +E Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)b14-(12)-----||
|-----------------------------------14--||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
Outro
Freely Q=80
E5
W +W
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--2-------------------------|-(2)----------------------------------------|
|--2-------------------------|-(2)----------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------------|-(0)----------------------------------------|
|
| |---3----| |-----3-----|
| Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|-19---------19----19-19-----|-19----19----19----19----19----19----19-----|
|-22b24---22-22b24-22-22b24--|-22b24-22b24-22b24-22b24-22b24-22b24-22b24--|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
+W +W
|------------------------|--------------*|
|------------------------|--------------*|
|------------------------|--------------*|
|-(2)--------------------|-(2)----------*|
|-(2)--------------------|-(2)----------*|
|-(0)--------------------|-(0)----------*|
|
| E E H. Q Q H
|-19----19----19---------|--------------*|
|-22b24-22b24-22b24------|--------------*|
|------------------------|--------------*|
|------------------------|--x\----------*|
|------------------------|--------------*|
|------------------------|--------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
