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)
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-----0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|
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Verse: Ah.______________________________________
(Em) end Rhythm figure 1
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|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|
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with Rhythm figure 1
Ah._________________________________________
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Ah._________________________________________
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Ah.________________________________________
(B)
Rhythm figure 2 (Angus) end Rhythm figure 2
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|12p0h10p0h9p0h10p0h9p0h7p0h9p0h5p0h|7p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h|
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with Rhythm figure 2 (39 times)
Ah.____________________ Ah._____________________
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Ah.____________________ Thunder, ah.____________________
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Thunder, ah.___________________ Thunder, ah.____________________
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Thunder, ah.___________________ Thunder, ah.____________________
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Thunder, ah.___________________
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Thunder!
(B5)
Rhythm figure 3 (Malcolm) end Rhythm figure 3
P.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
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|------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
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I was caught_ in the mid-dle of a rai-road track,_
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____ (Thunder!) I looked'round,_ and I knew_
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___ there was no turn-in' back. (Thunder!) My mind raced_
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___ and I thought_ what_ could I do,____
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(Thunder!) And I knew_ there was no_ help, no help from
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you. (Thunder!) Sound of the drums, Beat-in' in my
Rhythm figure 4 end Rhythm figure 4
B5 A5 E5 A5 E5
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|------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------|-----------------------|-4-----------2-----|---2---2----------------|
|------|-----------------------|-2-----------0-2---|---0---0---2------------|
|------|-----------------------|---------------0---|-----------0------------|
heart, The thunder of drums, yeah, Tore me a-
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part You've been thunder-
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struck! Rode down the
B5________________________________________________________
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highway,_ broke the limit, we hit the town,____ Went through to
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Texas,_ yeah_ Texas,_ and we had some fun We met some
B5___________________________________________________________________
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girls, some dancers who gave a good time,____ Broke all the
B5___________________________________________________________________
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rules, played all the fools, yeah,_ yeah, they, they, they blew our minds
B5________________________________________________________________________
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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
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|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-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
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|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-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
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|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||-4---2---------2----|-2----------------------|
|---------------|----------||-2---0---------0-2--|-0-------2--------------|
|---------------|----------||-----------------0--|---------0--------------|
with Rhythm figure 7 (3 times)
struck._ Yeah,_yeah, yeah, thuder-struck,
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Ooh,_______ thuder-struck.
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Yeah.__
B5_______________ B5_________________
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Ooh, I was shakin' at the knees,____ Could I
A5 B5 A5 B5
guitar 1 _______________________________
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|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4---2------4-----|------------------------|-4---2------4-------------|
|--2---0------2-----|------------------------|-2---0------2-------------|
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|guitar 2
|____ _________________________________________ _______________
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|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------4------|------------------------|------------4-------------|
|------------2------|------------------------|------------2-------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
come again please?_
Guitar solo
E5 B5 A5 E5
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|-------------------|-9--9-------------------|-10---------9-------------|
|-------------------|-9--9-------------------|-9----------9-----9b(11)--|
|-------------x\----|-9--9------9------------|-11---------9-------------|
|-------------x\----|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
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|______________ ~~ Rhythm figure 8 end Rhythm figure 8
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|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------4----------2-|-2------------------------|
|---------------x/--|-2---------2----------0-|-0----------2-------------|
|---------------x/--|-0----------------0-2---|------------0-------------|
with Rhythm figure 8 (3 times)
B5 A5 E5
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|-7-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---10-7---7----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------9---7--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------9--------\------7--|-7--------------9-----------9b(11)---|
|-------------------------/9------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B5 A5 E5
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|---------------------------------------|------------------------------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-|
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E5
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|----15b(17)-15b(17)-15b(17)----------\----||
|-16-----------------------------------\---||
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Ah.____________________________ Ah.___
B5 A5 B5 A5
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||------------------|-------------------------||----------------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------------|
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__________________________________ Ow! Ooh, thuder-
(B5)
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|-7----9---7-9b(10)-----9p7------||-----------|----------------|
|-7----9---7-9b(11)-----9p7----o-||-----------|----------------|
|----------------------------9-o-||-----------|------------x\--|
|--------------------------------||-----------|------------x\\-|
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with Rhythm figure 7 (4 times)
struck, Thunder-struck._ Yeah, yeah, yeah, thunder-
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struck, Thunder-struck._ Yeah, yeah, yeah, said
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Yeah, it's al-right,_ We're doin'fine,_
fine,fine,_thunder
B5 E5__________ B5 E5___________________
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||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-
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struck. Whoa,__ baby baby thunder-struck._ You've been thunder-
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struck. Thunder-struck._ Thunderstruck.
(Ah.___________________) (Ah._____________________)
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Thunder-struck. You've been thunder-
(Ah.___________________) (Ah._______________________)
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struck.________________
ritard- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
B5_________________________________________________________ B5
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