Tabs
Submitted by: DirtyLeif
h-hammer on
p-pull off
b bend
r release
P.M. palm mute
___ keep the note
~~~ hand vibrato
Rhythm figure 1 (Angus)
(
BB)
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-----0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|
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Verse: Ah.______________________________________
(
E minorEm) end Rhythm figure 1
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|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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with Rhythm figure 1
Ah._________________________________________
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Ah._________________________________________
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Ah.________________________________________
(BB)
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!
(
B5B5)
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
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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
B5B5 
A5A5 
E5E5 A5A5 E5E5
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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
B5B5 A5A5 E5E5 A5A5 B5B5 A5A5 E5E5
|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-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
A5A5 B5B5 A5A5 E5E5 A5A5
|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-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)
B5B5 A5A5 E5E5 B5B5 A5A5 E5E5 A5A5 E5E5
|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------||-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
A5A5 B5B5 A5A5 B5B5
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
E5E5 B5B5 A5A5 E5E5
___________ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-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)
B5B5 A5A5 E5E5
____~~~~ ~~~~~ ____
|-7-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---10-7---7----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------9---7--------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------9--------------7--|-7--------------9-----------9b(11)---|
|-------------------------/9------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B5B5 A5A5 E5E5
__ ____ ~~~~
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------17b-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------7-9---11p9p7--11p9p7----11p9p7---|-7b(9)---r7-----------------------|
|----9----------------------9---------9-|----------------9-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------0--0-------|
B5B5 A5A5
|-(19)-17-14---------------------17-14------------|
|-----------17b(19)-17-15-17b(19)-----17-18-17-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E5E5
_____~~~~~
|------------------------------------------||
|----15b(17)-15b(17)-15b(17)--------------||
|-16--------------------------------------||
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|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
Ah.____________________________ Ah.___
B5B5 A5A5 B5B5 A5A5
||------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------||----------------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-
(B5B5)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
|--------------------------------||-----------|----------------|
|-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-
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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
B5B5 E5__________ B5B5 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-
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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_________________________________________________________ B5B5
THE END
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Thunderstruck tab
"Thunderstruck" is the first track on AC/DC's 1990 album "The Razor's Edge". Angus Young got inspired to write the song after being on a plane that was struck by lightning, or thunder if you will.
Many guitarists belive that Angus plays the main riff using one hand only. This is not the case. He picks every note. This can be easily seen in several live videos where he plays this now legendary song. "Thunderstruck" has been a live favourite and featured on all AC/DC tours since its release.
Other versions of Thunderstruck
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Thunderstruck by AC/DC
