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For Those About To Rock We Salute You Bass Tab by AC/DC

For Those About To Rock We Salute You bass tab by AC/DC

Bass Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: B

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Cliff Williams - Bass'

  Intro:
  Q=142
  4/4
  Gtr I
   Wx22          Q.   E +Q   Q    +W
G|-------------|----------------|--------|
D|-------------|----------------|--------|
A|-------------|----------------|--------|
E|-------------|-3----2-(2)--0--|-(0)----|

   +W           +W             Q.   E +H       +H     H
G|------------|------------||----------------|-------------|
D|------------|------------||o---------------|-------------|
A|------------|------------||o-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------|
E|-(0)--------|-(0)--------||----------------|--------3----|


                                 Pre-Verse:
   Q.   E +H       +W          4x Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
G|---------------|-------------||-------------|---------------|
D|---------------|------------o||-------------|---------------|
A|---------------|------------o||-------------|---------------|
E|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------||-7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5-0--|


   +Q   Q  Q  Q    H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
G|---------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-----------|-------------|---------------|
E|-(0)--0--0--0--|-3----0----|-7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5-0--|


                               1st & 2nd Verses:
   +Q   Q  Q  Q    H    H        Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
G|---------------|-----------||--------------|---------------|
D|---------------|-----------||o-------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-----------||o-------------|---------------|
E|-(0)--0--0--0--|-3----0----||--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5-0--|


   +Q   Q  Q  Q    H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E
G|---------------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
D|---------------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
A|---------------|-----------|-------------|----------------|
E|-(0)--0--0--0--|-3----0----|-7--7--7--7--|-5--5-0-5--5-0--|


                               Chorus:
   +Q   Q  Q  Q    H    H       Q.   E +H       +H     H
G|---------------|-----------||---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|-----------||---------------|-------------|
A|---------------|-----------||-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------|
E|-(0)--0--0--0--|-3----0----||---------------|--------3----|


                               1.
   Q.   E +H       +W           Q.   E +H       +H     H
G|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
A|---------------|------------|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------|
E|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)--------|---------------|--------3----|


                                 2.
   Q.   E +H       +W             Q.   E +H       +H     H
G|---------------|-------------||---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|------------o||---------------|-------------|
A|---------------|------------o||-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------|
E|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------||---------------|--------3----|


   Q.   E +H       +W           Q.   E +H       +H     H
G|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
A|---------------|------------|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------|
E|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)--------|---------------|--------3----|


   Q.   E +H       +W           Q.   E +H       +H     H
G|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
D|---------------|------------|---------------|-------------|
A|---------------|------------|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)---------|
E|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)--------|---------------|--------3----|


   Q.   E +H       +W           +W           +W
G|---------------|------------|------------|--------||
D|---------------|------------|------------|--------||
A|---------------|------------|------------|--------||
E|-2----0-(0)----|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||


 Guitar Solo:
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    E Q.
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-4---|-5------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|------5-5-----|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|--------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E Q.   E Q.     E E E E E E E E   E Q  E E E E E
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---5-----------|-5-7-7---7-7-7-7-|---5--5----------|
A|-----------------|----------5----|-------0---------|----------5-5-5--|
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|


   E E E E E E E E   E Q.   E Q.     E E E E E E E E   E Q.   E Q.
G|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
D|-5-7-7-7---7-7-7-|---5------4----|-5-7-7-7---7-7-7-|----------------||
A|---------0-------|---------------|---------0-------|----------5-----||
E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---3------------||


  3rd Verse:
     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   +Q   Q  Q  Q    H    H
G||--------------|--------------|---------------|------------||
D||o-------------|--------------|---------------|-----------o||
A||o-------------|--------------|---------------|-----------o||
E||--7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5-0-|-(0)--0--0--0--|-3----0-----||


  Chorus:
     Q  Q  H      W          Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  E +H.     3x
G||-------------|----------|----------------|---------------||
D||o------------|----------|----------------|--------------o||
A||o------------|----------|-------------5--|-(5)----------o||
E||--7----------|----------|-3----3-(3)-----|-----5-(5)-----||


   Q  Q  H      W          Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   Q  E E
G|------------|----------|----------------|------------------|
D|------------|----------|----------------|------------------|
A|------------|----------|----------------|-------------5-5--|
E|-7----------|----------|-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)-3----3-------|


   Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-5----5-(5)--5--|-(5)-5----5----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------5-5-|-5---------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|-------------4-5--|
A|-------------5-5-|-5---------------||o-----------------|---5-7---5-7------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-----7----------|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|---------3-5-5-5-|-5---------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-5---------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|


                    1.
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-----------------o||
A|-------------5-5-|-5---------------o||
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||


                     Outro:
  2.
   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
D|---4-5-7-7-7-7-5-||-----------------|-------------------|
A|-5---------------||-----------------|-------------------|
E|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------3-5-|-5---------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|---------5-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------3-5-|-5---------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|---5-5-5---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|


   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-------------3-5-|-5---------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-5-----|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|


   Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   Q  Q    E E E E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-5-5-5-5-(5)-----|-----7----7---5-7--|
A|-------------5--|-(5)------------|--------------5--|-(5)--------0------|
E|-3----3-(3)-----|-----5----5--5--|-----------------|-------------------|


                                   free time Q=75
                                      TP   TP
   Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   +H       H    H
G|----------------|-----------------|-----------|
D|----------------|-----7----(7)----|-----------|
A|-------------5--|-(5)-------------|-----------|
E|-3----3-(3)-----|-----------------|-7----5----|


                         Q=134
   TP   TP     TP
   H    H      W          H    Q  Q
G|-----------|----------|-------------*|
D|-----------|----------|-------------*|
A|-----------|----------|-------------*|
E|-3----2----|-0--------|---------7/--*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   /   -  slide out of (to "nowhere")
|  TP   -  tremolo picking
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