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AC/DC - Thunderstruck

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
                                AC/DC
                            THUNDERSTRUCK
                      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)     
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-----0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[robert bohman writes:
The intro lead part is all picked.  it is not hammered on and pulled off.]

Verse:               Ah.______________________________________
(Em)                                           end Rhythm figure 1    
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

with Rhythm figure 1
                    Ah._________________________________________
|                                |                                |

                    Ah._________________________________________
|                                |                                |


                        Ah.________________________________________
(B)
Rhythm figure 2 (Angus)                           end Rhythm figure 2
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|12p0h10p0h9p0h10p0h9p0h7p0h9p0h5p0h|7p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|

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

 I was caught_       in the mid-dle of ....
|         |                    |                        |

____       (Thunder!)   I ....
|         |                        |                    |

___ there was no turn-in' back.     (...
|                        |         |                        |

___    and I thought_  what_ ....
|               |                      |                    |

(Thunder!)   And I knew_    there was no....
|                    |                  |                   |

 you.   (Thunder!) Sound of the drums....
                                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 ....
|           |                  |               |                |

 part                       You've ....
|           |        |                 |                    |

 struck!                                      Rode down the
 B5________________________________________________________
|          |         |          |                          |

 highway,_ broke the limit,  we ....
|                   |                  |           |                  |

 Texas,_       yeah_ Texas,_ and we ...
 B5___________________________________________________________________
|                   |                       |         |               |

 girls,        some dancers who gave a ....
 B5___________________________________________________________________
|                  |                       |           |              |

 rules,  played all the fools, yeah....
 B5________________________________________________________________________
|                      |                   |           |                   || 

                    I was shakin' at ....
 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 ...
                             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....
                             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, ...
|         |                        |          |

 Ooh,_______ thuder-struck.
|                  |            |          |

         Yeah.__
 B5_______________ B5_________________
|        |        |        |         |

          Ooh, I was shakin' at ...
       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...
                                   (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._    ...
|          |          |           |                          |

 struck,       Thunder-struck._    ...
|          |          |           |                      |

 Yeah, it's al-right,_           We're      doin'fine,_
                                                       fine,....
    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.  Whoa,__ baby baby thunder-...
|                |                 |           |                       |

 struck.                    Thunder-struck._              Thund.....
         (Ah.___________________)           (Ah._____________________)
|                |                 |            |                      |

                            Thunder-struck.....
         (Ah.___________________)           (Ah._______________________)
|                |                 |            |                      |
  
 struck.________________
 ritard- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| 
 B5_________________________________________________________  B5
|                |                 |            |           |         ||
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