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Date: 17 Oct 1997 00:00:00 +0100
From: Stephan Mueller 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: For those about to rock by AC_DC

For Those About To Rock by AC/DC (Young/Young/Johnson)
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Tab by S.Mueller

b=bend r=release hb=hold bend ~=Hand Vibrato

  Patt.1  (Malcolm)  4 Times
     B (D major shape)                                 Bm (Dm shape)     B5
                                           
e||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|10-10-10-10-10-10-14-14-|
b||--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
g||*-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D||*-------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A||--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E||--------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
     Bsus4                  endpatt.
e|14-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
b|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
g|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-*||
D|------------------------*||
A|-------------------------||
E|-------------------------||

  (Angus) with Patt.1
   B5                        G5          D/F#
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
b|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
g|-4----------------|--------------0---|-2--------1-------|------------------|
D|-4----------------|-----------0------|-0--------2-------|------------------|
A|-2----------------|------------------|----------2-------|------------------|
E|------------------|--------3---------|-2-----x--0-------|------------------|

   B5                                    G5    D/F#   E
e|------------------|------------------|-3----------------|------------------|
b|------------------|------------------|-3-----3----------|------------------|
g|-4----------------|------------------|-0-----2------1---|------------------|
D|-4----------------|------------------|-0-----0------2---|------------------|
A|-2----------------|------------------|--------------2---|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-3-----2------0---|------------------|
   B5    B5/A                G5          D/F#     E5
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
b|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
g|-4-----4----------|--------------0---|------------------|------------------|
D|-4-----4----------|-----------0------|-------0--2-------|------------------|
A|-2-----0----------|------------------|----0-----2-------|------------------|
E|------------------|--------3---------|-2--------0-------|------------------|

e|------------------|------------------|-3----------------|------------------|
b|------------------|------------------|-3-----3----------|------------------|
g|-4-----4----------|------------------|-0-----2-------1--|------------------|
D|-4-----4----------|------------------|-0-----0-------2--|------------------|
A|-2-----0----------|------------------|---------------2--|------------------|
E|------------------|------------------|-3-----2----------|------------------|
     Bsus4 (Malcolm)
                              Oh!
e|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
b|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
g|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Pattern 2
Yeah,Yeah,                     E
   B5   B5/A        G5     D/F#
e|-------------|----3----|---------|--------0----------|
b|-------------|----3----|--3------|--------0--0-------|
g|-4----4------|----0----|--2--1---|--0-0-0-0----------|
D|-4----4------|----0----|--0--2---|--2-0-2----2-------|
A|-2----0------|---------|-----2---|-------------------|
E|-------------|----3----|--2--0---|-------------------|
Pattern 3
Yeah, oh.                      E
   B5   B5/A        G5     D/F#                         end it w/pattern 2 (2x)
e|-------------|----3----|---------|--------7-7-7------|
b|-------------|----3----|--3------|--------7-7-7------|
g|-4----4------|----0----|--2--1---|--------------0----|
D|-4----4------|----0----|--0--2---|--2/-9-------------|
A|-2----0------|---------|-----2---|-----------------0-|
E|-------------|----3----|--2--0---|-------------------|
Pattern 4
Stand up...
  B       D/A         A        E             G5    E
e|-----------|-------------------|--------|--3---------|
b|4/------3-3|3-3-----2-----2----|--------|--3---------|
g|4/------2-2|2-2-----2-----2--1-|--------|--0-----1---|
D|4/------4-4|4-4-----2-----2--2-|--------|--0-----2---|  3 x
A|2/------0-0|0-0-----0-----0--2-|--------|--------2---|
E|-----------|-----------------0-|--------|--3-----0---|

Chorus w/patt. 3

     b   hold bend.....
e|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
b|-10-(12)-------------(12)--(12)--(12)--(12)--(12)--(12)-|(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)-|
g|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
                                      A     D/A           G                D
                                      b     b  ~~~~~~~
e|----------------------------------|------------------5----------------------|
b|(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)----|8-10--8-10----------8--5---5-------------|
g|---------------------------------|-------------------------8---8--7--5-----|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------7--|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
  A   D/A    A          G        D          A       D/A      A              G
             ~~~~~~~~~ b  r      ~~~~~~~~~ b           b
e|----------------------------------------------5-----------5------------5----|
b|--------------------------------------------5---8-5-----5---8--5-----5---8-5|
g|--------------------7-9--7--5--7--------7-9---------7-9----------7-9--------|
D|5----x----7----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                              D           A      D/A       A            G
   b           b               b  r ~~~~~~        b r    ~~~~~~  b  r
e|------5-----------5-------5-------------10----8--9--8-----------------------|
b|----5---8-5-----5---8-5-----7-8---7-------------------10-----12-13-12-10--12|
g|7-9---------7-9---------7---7-8---7-----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
             D           A        D/A      A                G               D
  b     b             b                             b  b         b  r
e|---------------------------12---12---12------------------------------------|
b|-13-12-13------12-12-14---------12---14-------/13-15-17--13-13-15-13-10--13|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
               A       D/A         A               G           D           A
  b      b      b      b      b         ~~~~~~~~~~~        r     ~~~~
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-15--13-15--13-15--13-15--13-15--13-15-----------10-12-13-12-10--------10---|
g|-------------------------------------------------------------------/11------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
       D/A     A        G        D            A   D/A    A     G     D
       b            b       ~~~~~       ~~~~                   b     b     b
e|-------------------12-------------------------------------------------------|
b|10-------10----12-13-8--8---------------------------------20-22-20-22-20-22|
g|---12-14-----------------------9-7-5-7------5-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------7--7--7----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
         G             D     A        B5
Fire!    We    sa     lute   you
          ub     ub     ub    ub
e|---------------------------------------|
b|---------8------8------8-----5---------|
g|------10-12--10-12--10-12--7-9------4--|
D|------------------------------------4--|
A|------------------------------------2--|
E|---------------------------------------|

         G              D      A      B5
         We ...
          ub      ub     ub     ub
e|---------------------------------------|
b|---------8-------8------7------5-------|
g|------10-12---10-12---9-11---7-9----4--|
D|------------------------------------4--|
A|------------------------------------2--|
E|---------------------------------------|
         G              D      A      B5             G5
         We....                       Ow!  Fire!  We
          ub       ub     ub     ub                 ub     ub     ub     ub
e|---------10-------10-----14-----12-----------------10-----10-----10-----10--|
b|------13-15----13-15--17-19--15-17--------------13-15--13-15--13-15--13-15--|
g|------------------------------------4---------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------4---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
          D      A                           B5
    ub     ub     ub     ub     ub    ub  hb   ub                 ub
e|---10-----9------9------9------9------9------7----7---7---7------7--7--7-|
b|13-15--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--12-14--10-12--12--12--12--10-12-12-12-|
g|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
           G5            D     A           B5                     G5
    ub       ub     ub    ub    ub   ub    ~~~~~~~  ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~   ub     ub
e|----7---------------------------------------------------------------7------7|
b|10-12-------8------8-----7----5----5--------------------------10-12--10-12|
g|---------10-12--10-12--9-11--7-9--7-9---4-------4-----4---4---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  D       A   (OH!) F.. t... a...  t. r....
    ub     ub
e|---10-----12--|       B5
b|13-15--15-17--|
g|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
                    G5 D   A                 B5                          G5
    b        b ~~~~~~   b          b              b  hb       b  ~~~~~~
e||-----------------|--|------------------|------|---------------------|--------|
b||-----------------|--|10-12---12-10-12-|------|---------------------|--------|
g||*-9-11--11-9-11--|--|------------------|------|-9-11---11--9--11 ---|--------|
D||*----------------|--|------------------|------|---------------------|--------|
A||-----------------|--|------------------|------|---------------------|--------|
E||-----------------|--|------------------|------|---------------------|--------|
  D   1.-A
     b   b            b ~~~~~~~
e|----|------------------------||
b|-10-|-10-12-12-12-10-12-----||
g|----|-----------------------*||
D|----|-----------------------*||
A|----|------------------------||
E|----|------------------------||
2.-   A                               B5
 b     b      b     b     b     b     b
e|-----------------------------------------------7----------------------------|
b|12-10-12--10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12----------10-7---7-------------------|
g|------------------------------------------------------9---9--7--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------9-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G5               D                 A

e|----------7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------10-7-10-7-6-7-6-------------------------------------------------|
g|9-11------------------------9-7-7-------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------9-----9---7------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------7-9---9--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B5                                                            G5
               ~~~~~~              ~~~~~~~                    b     b
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|--10-12-12-12------10-12-12-12-12-------10-12-12-10-12----15-17-15-17-------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  D          A                         B5
              b     b       r          b        b        b        b        b
e|12---------------------------------------17-------17-------17-------17------|
b|---12-15--17-19-17-19--19----17-15-17-19----17-19----17-19----17-19----17-19|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                    G5                D
       b          b        b          r                               b
e|17---------17-------17--------------------------------------------15-17-----|
b|---17-19------17-19----17-19-17-19----19-17-15----17-15--------12-----------|
g|-----------------------------------------------16-------16---14-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A                        B5
                             b    hb                         r
e|-14-12-------12-14-12------------17-----------------------------------------|
b|-------15-15----------15-17-19-------19--19--19-19-19-19-19-17-17-15--------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   G5             D       A                 G5            D      A
    b       b                   b            b       b      b           b
e|17-19---17-19---------------17-19--17-14-17-19---17-19--------------22-24---|
b|----------------17-19---17------------------------------17-19--17-----------|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
           G5             D     A
           b      b       ub     ub     ub
e|22--19--------------------------------------|
b|-------22-24--22-24------15-----14-----10---|
g|----------------------17-19--16-18--12-14---|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
   B5  A5  G5 D/F# E       Fire!    B5
e|--------------------------------------------|
b|---------3---3------------------------------|
g|-4---2---0---2---1----------------4/--------|
D|-4---2---0---0---2----------------4/--------|
A|-2---0-----------2----------------2/--------|
E|---------3---2---0--------------------------|

Lyrics:
We roll tonight
To the guitar bite

Stand up and be counted
For what you are about to recieve
We are the dealers
We'll give you everything you need
Hail hail to the good times
'Cause rock has got to ride away
We ain't no legend, ain't no cause
We're just living for today

For those about to rock, we salute you

We rock at dawn on the front line
Like a bolt right out of the blue
The sky's alight with the guitar bite
Heads will roll and rock tonight

For those about to rock, we salute you

We're just a battery for hire with a guitar fire
Ready and aimed at you
Pick up your balls and load up your cannon
For a twenty-one gun salute

For those about to rock - fire
We salute you

Shoot, shoot

We salute you
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