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Back in Black Guitar Tablature
"Back In Black"
by AC/DC
from the 1980 album BACK IN BLACK

Good song, and is perfect.


KEY:
 T = play with thumb
 / = slide up
  = slide down
 ^ = bend 	^q = quarter tone	^h = half tone		^F = full tone
	if letter is above the fret #, note is bent THEN picked
 h = hammer
 p = pull-off
 g = grace note - written above note to be 'graced'
 ~ = vibrato


Oh, and X's mean make that chopping noise that Angus Young makes in the song.
I shouldn't really need to tab that part out...

Opening riff (played behind verses as well):

---------------------|-------3-0------------|
---------------------|-----------3-0--------|
------7-7-7----------|---------------2^F^p0-|
--2---7-7-7--7-7-7---|-X-X-X----------------|
--2---5-5-5--7-7-7---|-X-X-X----------------|
--0----------5-5-5---|-X-X-X----------------|

---------------------|----------------------|
---------------------|----------------------|
------7-7-7----------|----------------------|
--2---7-7-7--7-7-7---|----------------------|
--2---5-5-5--7-7-7---|--2---2---2---2-------|
--0----------5-5-5---|----4---5---6---7----|


The Chorus:
----------------|-----|--3-----------|------|--3--|-------|
----------------|-----|--3--3--------|------|--3--|-3-3-3-|
--2-----4--2--4-|--%--|--0--2--2---2-|--%---|--0--|-2-2-2-|
--2--2--4--2--4-|--%--|-----0--2---2-|--%---|--0--|-0-0-0-|
--0--2--2--0--2-|-----|--------0---0-|------|-----|-------|
-----0----------|-----|----------3---|------|--3--|-------|

That later riff:
(play each part a couple of times - listen to the tape!)
First half (4 times?)
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
-----5-4-2--4------2---2---2----|
--0------------4~----5---6---7-|

Second half (2 times?)
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|
-----5-4-2--4------2---2---2----|
--0------------4~----5---6---7-|
--------------------------------|
--------------------------------|

solo's

e|-------------------------------------
 b|-------------------------------------
 g|-------------------------------------
 d|-------------------------------------
 a|--7~--5~--4~--2~-----7~--5~--4~--2~--
 E|-------------------------------------


 e|--------------------------------------
 b|-----------------------8--5-----------
 g|--7--7--7--7(9)--7(9)--------7--7(9)--
 d|--------------------------------------
 a|--------------------------------------
 E|--------------------------------------


 e|-----------5-----5--------------------
 b|--------8-----8-----8--5-----5~-------
 g|--7(9)--------------------7-----------
 d|--------------------------------------
 a|--------------------------------------
 E|--------------------------------------


 e|-------------------10----------10----------------------
 b|--8-----8--10(12)------10(12)______10(12)__10--8^10^8--
 g|-----9-------------------------------------------------
 d|-------------------------------------------------------
 a|-------------------------------------------------------
 E|-------------------------------------------------------


 e|------------------
 b|--8~--------8~----
 g|------9--9-----9--
 d|------------------
 a|------------------
 E|------------------


 
 e|--------------10----------10---------------------
 b|--8--10(12)------10(12)______10(12)__10--8^10^8--
 g|-------------------------------------------------
 d|-------------------------------------------------
 a|-------------------------------------------------
 E|-------------------------------------------------


 
 e|------12--12----------12--12--12----------
 b|--12----------15(17)--------------15(17)--
 g|------------------------------------------
 d|------------------------------------------
 a|------------------------------------------
 E|------------------------------------------
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