Thunderstruck by ACDC (Memorable Music Song Tabs)

Thunderstruck by ACDC

Angus Young / Malcolm Young

h-hammer on
p-pull off
b bend
r release
P.M. palm mute
___ keep the note
~~~ hand vibrato

     Rhythm figure 1 (Angus)
(B)
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-----0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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Verse:               Ah.______________________________________
(Em)                                           end Rhythm figure 1
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

with Rhythm figure 1
                    Ah._________________________________________
|                                |                                |

                    Ah._________________________________________
|                                |                                |

                        Ah.________________________________________
(B)
Rhythm figure 2 (Angus)                           end Rhythm figure 2
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|12p0h10p0h9p0h10p0h9p0h7p0h9p0h5p0h|7p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h5p
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

with Rhythm figure 2 (39 times)
          Ah.____________________         Ah.__________________
|                |                |                |               |
          Ah.____________________ Thunder, ah.____________________
|                |                |                 |               |
Thunder, ah.___________________ Thunder, ah.____________
|                 |               |                 |               |
Thunder, ah.___________________ Thunder, ah._________________
|                 |               |                 |               |
Thunder, ah.___________________
|                 |               |

Thunder!
(B5)
Rhythm figure 3 (Malcolm)                       end Rhythm figure 3
P.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|
|------4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|
|----2---2-------2-------2-------2-|-2---2-------2-------2-------2-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|

with Rhythm figure 3 (26 times)
Thunder         Thunder          Thunder
|         |    |           |    |           |

I was caught_       in the mid-dle of a rai-road track,_
|         |                    |                        |

____       (Thunder!)   I looked'round,_      and I knew_
|         |                        |                    |

___ there was no turn-in' back.     (Thunder!) My mind raced_
|                        |         |                        |

___    and I thought_ what_ could I do,____
|               |                      |                    |

(Thunder!)   And I knew_    there was no_ help, no help from
|                    |                  |                   |

you.   (Thunder!) Sound of the drums,                        Beat-in' in my
                                Rhythm figure 4          end Rhythm figure 4
                                 B5         A5 E5     A5       E5
|------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------|-----------------------|-4-----------2-----|---2---2--------------|
|------|-----------------------|-2-----------0-2---|---0---0---2---------|
|------|-----------------------|---------------0---|-----------0----------|

heart,          The thunder of drums,    yeah,       Tore me a-
|           |                  |               |                |

part                       You've been             thunder-
|           |        |                 |                    |

struck!                                      Rode down the
B5__________________________________________________
|          |         |          |                          |
highway,_ broke the limit, we hit the town,____      Went through to
|                   |                  |           |                  |

Texas,_       yeah_ Texas,_ and we had some fun           We met some
B5____________________________________________________
|                   |                       |         |               |

girls,        some dancers who gave a good time,____    Broke all the
B5____________________________________________________
|                  |                       |           |              |

rules, played all the fools, yeah,_ yeah, they, they, they blew our minds
B5_____________________________________________________
|                      |                   |           |                   ||

                    I was shakin' at the knees,                    Could I
Rhythm figure 5       end Rhythm figure 5        with Rhythm figure 5
B5     A5     E5                           A5   B5 A5 E5
|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-4------2-----------|-----------------------2---|------------------------|
|-4------2------2----|-----------------------2---|------------------------|
|-2------0------2----|-----------------------0---|------------------------|
|---------------0----|---------------------------|------------------------|

come again please?_____               Yeah, the ladies were too kind.
                             Rhythm figure 6           end Rhythn figure 6
                      A5     B5 A5 E5                              A5
|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-4---2--------------|--------------------2----|
|--------------------------|-4---2---2---------|--------------------2----|
|--------------------------|-2---0---2---------|--------------------0----|
|--------------------------|---------0----------|-------------------------|

     You've been      thuder-struck,                              Thunder-
                             Rhythm figure 7           end Rhythm figure 7
                             with Rhythm figure 2 (35 times)
B5 A5 E5                    B5 A5        E5      A5     E5
|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||-4---2---------2----|-2----------------------|
|---------------|----------||-2---0---------0-2--|-0-------2--------------|
|---------------|----------||-----------------0--|---------0--------------|

with Rhythm figure 7 (3 times)
struck._ Yeah,_yeah, yeah, thuder-struck,
|         |                        |          |

Ooh,_______ thuder-struck.
|                  |            |          |

         Yeah.__
B5_______________ B5_________________
|        |        |        |         |

          Ooh, I was shakin' at the knees,____                   Could I
       A5     B5                                   A5     B5
guitar 1     _______________________________
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4---2------4-----|------------------------|-4---2------4-------------|
|--2---0------2-----|------------------------|-2---0------2-------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|guitar 2
|____         _________________________________________   _______________
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------4------|------------------------|------------4-------------|
|------------2------|------------------------|------------2-------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|

come again please?_
                     Guitar solo
                      E5        B5        A5              E5
___________   ~~     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~~~
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-9--9-------------------|-10---------9-------------|
|-------------------|-9--9-------------------|-9----------9-----9b(11)--|
|-------------x----|-9--9------9------------|-11---------9-------------|
|-------------x----|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|______________ ~~ Rhythm figure 8                 end Rhythm figure 8
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------4----------2-|-2------------------------|
|---------------x/--|-2---------2----------0-|-0----------2-------------|
|---------------x/--|-0----------------0-2---|------------0-------------|

with Rhythm figure 8 (3 times)
              B5         A5                        E5
                ____~~~~                           ~~~~~            ____
|-7-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---10-7---7----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------9---7--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------9--------------7--|-7--------------9-----------9b(11)---|
|-------------------------/9------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

              B5               A5                        E5
__                                           ____        ~~~~
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------17b-|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------7-9---11p9p7--11p9p7----11p9p7---|-7b(9)---r7--------------|
|----9----------------------9---------9-|----------------9--------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------0--0-------|

                    B5                   A5

|-(19)-17-14---------------------17-14------------|
|-----------17b(19)-17-15-17b(19)-----17-18-17-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

                     E5
                            _____~~~~~
|------------------------------------------||
|----15b(17)-15b(17)-15b(17)--------------||
|-16--------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||

               Ah.____________________________                  Ah.___
    B5 A5                                         B5     A5
||------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------||----------------7-----|
||o-------------7---|-7----9-7-9b(11)--9p7---o||o---------------7-----|
||o-4---2-----9---9-|----------------------9-o||o-4------2----9-----9-|
||--2---0-----------|-------------------------||--2------0------------|
||------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|

__________________________________ Ow!        Ooh,       thuder-
                                   (B5)
                                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
|--------------------------------||-----------|----------------|
|-7----9---7-9b(10)-----9p7------||-----------|----------------|
|-7----9---7-9b(11)-----9p7----o-||-----------|----------------|
|----------------------------9-o-||-----------|------------x--|
|--------------------------------||-----------|------------x\-|
|--------------------------------||-----------|---------------|

with Rhythm figure 7 (4 times)
struck,       Thunder-struck._    Yeah, yeah, yeah, thunder-
|          |          |           |                          |

struck,       Thunder-struck._    Yeah, yeah, yeah, said
|          |          |           |                      |

Yeah, it's al-right,_           We're      doin'fine,_
                                                       fine,fine,_thunder
    B5              E5__________ B5                E5_______________
||--------------------|---------|---------------------|------------------||
||--------------------|---------|---------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------|---------|---------------------|-----------------o||
||o-4-----------------|---------|-4-------------------|-----------------o||
||--2---------------2-|---------|-2-----------------2-|------------------||
||--------------2-4-0-|---------|---------------2-4-0-|----------------||

with Rythm figure 7 (8 times)
as lib solo (16 bars)
struck, Yeah, yeah, yeah, thunder-struck._    Thunderstruck,_thunder-
|        |                         |           |                       |

struck. Whoa,__ baby baby thunder-struck._    You've been   thunder-
|                |                 |           |                       |

struck.                    Thunder-struck._              Thunderstruck.
         (Ah.___________________)           (Ah._______________)
|                |                 |            |                      |

                            Thunder-struck.      You've been   thunder-
         (Ah.___________________)           (Ah._______________________)
|                |                 |            |                      |

struck.________________
ritard- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
B5____________________________________________ B5
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