GOT SOME ROCK & ROLL THUNDER
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 w/ distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Stevie Young - Electric Guitar w/ distortion'
Intro
Q=110
A5 D5/A G5D5/A
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W W S S S S E E S S S S E E
|----------|----------|-------------------------|
|----------|----------|-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----------|----------|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-2-|
|----------|----------|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------|----------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-|
|----------|----------|---------------------3---|
A5 D5/A G5D5/A
+W S S S S E E S S S S E E +W
|------------|-------------------------|--------|
|-(3)--------|-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)----|
|-(2)--------|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-2-|-(2)----|
|-(0)--------|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)----|
|-(0)--------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-(0)----|
|------------|---------------------3---|--------|
A
Gtr I
E E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|---2---2---2----|-----2---2-------|---2---2---2----|-----2---2--------||
|---2-5-2-4-2----|-----2-5-2-4-----|---2-5-2-4-2----|-----2-5-2-4------||
|-0---0---0------|-3h4---0---0-----|-0---0---0------|-3h4---0---0------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------2----|-----2-----------|-----------2----|-----2------------||
|-2-2---2-4-2----|-------5---4-----|-2-2---2-4-2----|-------5---4------||
|-0-0-3-0-0------|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-0-0-3-0-0------|-3h4---0-0-0------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------||
1st Verse
A
Gtrs I, II
S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------||
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------||
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
G5 D/F# A
W W S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
|-3--------|-3--------|------------------|------------------|
|-0--------|-2--------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------|
|----------|-0--------|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------|
|-3--------|-2--------|------------------|------------------|
G5 D/F# G5 D/F#
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|-3--------|-3--------|-3--------|-3----||
|-0--------|-2--------|-0--------|-2----||
|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0----||
|----------|-0--------|----------|-0----||
|-3--------|-2--------|-3--------|-2----||
Chorus
A
S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
A5 D5/A G5D5/A A5 D5/A G5D5/A
S S S S E E S S S S E E +W S S S S E E S S S S E E +W
|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------||
|-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)--------|-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)----||
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-2-|-(2)--------|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-2-|-(2)----||
|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)--------|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)----||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-(0)--------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-(0)----||
|---------------------3---|------------|---------------------3---|--------||
2nd Verse
A
S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------||
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------||
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
G5 D/F# A
W W S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|----------|----------|------------------|------------------|
|-3--------|-3--------|------------------|------------------|
|-0--------|-2--------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------|
|-0--------|-0--------|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------|
|----------|-0--------|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------|
|-3--------|-2--------|------------------|------------------|
G5 D/F# E5 A/C#
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-3--------|-3--------|----------|-----------||
|-0--------|-2--------|----------|-2----2----||
|-0--------|-0--------|-2--------|-2----2----||
|----------|-0--------|-2--------|-4----4----||
|-3--------|-2--------|-0--------|-----------||
Chorus
A
S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|-----2-------2----|-----2------------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4------|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
A5 D5/A G5D5/A A5 D5/A G5D5/A
S S S S E E S S S S E E +W S S S S E E S S S S E E +W
|-------------------------|------------|-------------------------|--------||
|-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)--------|-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)----||
|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-2-|-(2)--------|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-0-2-|-(2)----||
|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)--------|-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-(0)----||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-(0)--------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-(0)----||
|---------------------3---|------------|---------------------3---|--------||
Guitar Solo
B5 E5 A5 E5
Gtr I
~~~~~
H e e E E q Q E E E S S
|-----------------7---------------|-------------------|
|-10b12---------------7---10------|-------------------|
|----------------------------9b11-|--7--------7-------|
|---------------------------------|------7--9---9-7h9-|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S E E S S S S E E +W
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------|
|--4----4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2--2-2----|-(2)---------------|
|--2----2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--0-2----|-(2)---------------|
|-----------------0-0-0-0----0----|-(0)---------------|
B5 E5 A5 E5
~~~~~~~
E S S e S S Q E S +S +S S E Q +Q E E
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-------7---------------9b11==(9)r|=(9)p7---9--(9)----9b11---|
|-----9-9---x-x-7-------9-----------|-------9------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| S S S S E E S S S S E E +W
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-----2-2-2-2-2-2---------|-(2)----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-0-2---------|-(2)----------------------|
|---------------0-0-0-0---0---------|-(0)----------------------|
B5 E5 A5 E5
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+E E E E E E S +S E S S E +E S S +Q Q
|-------10---10-10----10---10---------------|----------------------------|
|-------10---10-10----10---10------------10-|----------------------------|
|-(9)------------9b11-----------9b11-(9)----|--9p=7-9-(9)-7--------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------9-(9)--------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------(12)S=|
|
| S S S S E E S S S S E E +W
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--4--4--4-4--4--------2-2--2-2-2---------2-|-(2)------------------------|
|--2--2--2-2--2--------2-2--2-2-0---------2-|-(2)------------------------|
|----------------------0-0--0-0-----------0-|-(0)------------------------|
B5 E5 A5 E5
~~
q Q S S S S Q +Q Q S S +S S Q
|-----------------------------------------|---------------17---------------------||
|-----------15b15.5---17-17-15----17b19---|-(17)--17pb19-----17pb19r(17)-15------||
|------------------------------16---------|---------------------------------16---||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-(7)-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S E E S S S S E E +W
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|--4--4-4-4--4---------2--2--2--2--2----2-|--(2)---------------------------------||
|--2--2-2-2--2---------2--2--2--2--0----2-|--(2)---------------------------------||
|----------------------0--0--0--0-------0-|--(0)---------------------------------||
Chorus
A
W Q E E q Q H Q S S +S S
|------------------|------------8b8.5------|----------------------------12-|
|------------------|---------10--------10--|-----------------13b14-(13)----|
|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q
|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------------|-----2-------2-----------------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5--2-4----------|-2---2-5-2-4-2-----------------|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0--0-0----------|-3h4---0-0-0-0-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
S +S S S +S S S +S S E. Q
|------------12------------12------------12-12\------|
|-13b14-(13)----13b14-(13)----13b14-(13)----13\------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S E E E q Q
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------2--------------------------------------|
|--2----------2---------5------2----------4----------|
|--3h=====4-------------0------0----------0----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
W W
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-----2-------2----|-----2-----------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2----|-2---2-5-2-4-----|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0----|-3h4---0-0-0-----|
|------------------|-----------------|
~~~~~ ~~
|---3----| |---3---|
S +S S S +E E +E S S E E E Q E E E Q Q
|------------12------------12-(12)-10----10-------------|-------------------------------|
|-13b14-(13)----13b14-(13)------------13----13b15-13b15-|-13b15-----13-10------10-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------12----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------2---------------------2-------------------|---------2---------------------|
|--2----------2---------5---2---4---2-------------------|--2------2--5----2-----4-------|
|--3h=====4-------------0---0---0---0-------------------|--3h===4----0----0-----0-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
H Q S S S S Q S S e Q Q H Q S S S S
|-------------------5---|-5---------5-5-----|-------------------5----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|---------------------8p=|
|---------------5h6---6-|-------5h6---------|---------------5h6------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|
| S S E E E E E Q S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----2-------2---------|-----2-------------|-----2-------2----------|
|-2---2-5-2-4-2---------|-2---2-5---2-4-----|-2---2-5-2-4-2----------|
|-3h4---0-0-0-0---------|-3h4---0---0-0-----|-3h4---0-0-0-0----------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
~
S S S S E E Q E E +E E Q E E +E S S
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-8p5---------------|----------------------------17-17-|
|-------7-5-7-5----12-|-(12)--14-14-----19b21-(19)-------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----2---------------|--------2---------2---------------|
|-2---2---5-2-4-------|---2----2--5-2-4--2---------------|
|-3h4-----0-0-0-------|---3h4-----0-0-0--0---------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
S E. S S S S Q +Q
|-17---------------17-------17----------------||
|----20b22---20b22----20b22----20b22r=(20)\---||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|
| S S E E E q Q
|---------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
|----------2----------------------------------||
|--2-------2--5--------2--------4-------------||
|--3h=4-------0--------0--------0-------------||
|---------------------------------------------||
Outro
A
|---3----|
E E Q E E E Q E E E E +E E E S S
||------------15---------12-12-----|-------------------------------|
||o-----15b17------15b17-------13--|-------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|-14---12-12-12-(12)\-----14-14-|
||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q
||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-------2-------------------------|-------2-------------2---------|
||--2----2-----5-2--4--------------|--2----2--5--2---4---2---------|
||o-3h4--------0-0--0--------------|--3h4-----0--0---0---0---------|
||---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E S S S E. +E S S S S E +E E H
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------13--(13)-------|-------------------------------o||
|-14-----(14)-12----14----------14-14-|-------14-(14)-17b19-17---------||
|----------------14-------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-14s16-------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| S S E E E q Q S S E E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|------2------------------------------|--------2---------------2-------||
|--2---2---5---2-----4----------------|--2-----2---5---2-----4-2-------||
|--3h4-----0---0-----0----------------|--3h=4------0---0-----0-0------o||
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
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
