Hard As A Rock Tab by AC/DC

Hard As A Rock tab by AC/DC

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Hard as a Rock by AC/DC 'Ballbreaker' (1995) Tab by S.Mueller
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Gtr. 1 Mainlick       3 Times         B5                      B5           B5
        | B5     E/B    _      _      _       | B5     E/B    _    E/B      _
e|-2-4-||-5--4-2-0-2-4-2 2--4-0 0--4-2 2--2-4-||5--4-2-0-2-4-2 2--4-0-0--4-2 2|
b|-0-0-||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-||0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0|
g|-----||*-----------------------------------*||------------------------------|
D|-----||*-----------------------------------*||------------------------------|
A|-----||-------------------------------------||------------------------------|
E|-----||-------------------------------------||------------------------------|


Gtr. 2       w/Gtr. 1                          Pattern 1
e||---------------------------------------||---------------|
b||---------------------------------------||---------------|
g||*------4------1-----4-4----1-1----4-4-*||-1-4--4--4--4--| 4 Times
D||*------4------2-----4-4----2-2----4-4-*||-2-4--4--4--4--|
A||-------2------2-----2-2----2-2----2-2--||-2-2--2--2--2--|
E||--------------0------------0-0---------||-0-------------|

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/ Verse :  Guitar 1
|   Pattern 2b                                                            |
|  E/B B5          E/B B5          E/B B5          E/B B5           A5/B  |
| e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-|    |
| b|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-|    |
| g|-1-4--4--4--4--|-1-4--4--4--4--|-1-4--4--4--4--|-1-4--4--4--4--|2| 2x |
| D|-2-4--4--4--4--|-2-4--4--4--4--|-2-4--4--4--4--|-2-4--4--4--4--|2|    |
| A|-2-2--2--2--2--|-2-2--2--2--2--|-2-2--2--2--2--|-2-2--2--2--2--|0|    |
| E|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-|    |
|                                                                         |
| Gtr.2 plays something like:                                             |
|   Pattern 2a w/Gtr.1                                                    |
| e|----------------------------------------------|---------|             |
| b|----------------------------------------------|---------|             |
| g|---4---------------4---------------4--------4-|2--1-4-4-|             |
| D|-6-4--4--4--4----6-4--4--4--4----6-4--4--4--4-|2--2-4-4-|             |
| A|-2-2--2--2--2----2-2--2--2--2----2-2--2--2--2-|-----2-2-|             |
| E|----------------------------------------------|---------|             |
                                                                         /


 E/B B5  A5/B E/B B5 E/B            A5/B B5    E/B               A5/B  B5
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-1-4-4--2---1-4-4-1-1-1-1--1-2--x--2-1-4-4-2-1-1-2-1--1-2-1--x--2--1-4-4-2-1|
D|-2-4-4--2---2-4-4-2-2-2-2--2-2--x--2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--x--2--2-4-4---2|
A|-2-2-2--0---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2--x--0-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2--x--0--2-2-2---2|
E|-0----------0-----0-0-0-0--0-0-------0-------0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----------------|


  E/B            A5/B  B5   E/B
e|----------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------|
g|-1-2-1--1-2-x-x-2--1-4-4---1--2-1-|
D|-2-2-2--2-2-x-x-2--2-4-4---2--2-2-|
A|-2-2-2--2-2-x-x-0--2-2-2---2--0-2-|
E|-0-0-0--0-0--------0-----0-0----0-|


Chorus:
   B5    E       B5      E        B5         E B5       E      B5
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-4-----1-------4-4---2-1-1------4-4-----4--1-4-4---2--1---2--4-4-4--2--1--1-|
D|-4-----2-------4-4---2-2-2------4-4-----4--2-4-4---2--2---2--4-4-4--2--2--2-|
A|-2-----2-----0-2-2---2-2-2----0-2-2-----2--2-2-2---2--2---0--2-2-2--2--2--2-|
E|-------0-----------------------------------0-------0--0----------------0--0-|


        B7sus4         B5   E         B7sus4       B5                 B5
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--4-4-4-2-2-1--1-----4-4--1----4-4--4-2-2-1-1----4-4--4--2-2-1-1----4-4--4--|
D|--4-4-4-2-2-2--2-----4-4--2----4-4--4-2-2-2-2----4-4--4--2-2-2-2----4-4--4--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2--2---0-2-2--2--0-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--0-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--0-2-2--2--|
E|0-----------0--0----------0---------------0-0----------------0-0------------|


       E             Solo...
e|----------------------------------------------------7-x-7-7-10-10-7---------|
b|--------------------------------------------------------------------7-10-10-|
g|-2-2-1--1-----4-4--x--7------------------7--9-9-9-9-------------------------|
D|-2-2-2--2-----4-4-------9-9-9--9--9--9-9------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-2--2--0--2-2-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----0--0-------------------------------------------------------------------|



e|----7--7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|10-----7--9---9---7---------------9-9-9--9--------10-10--10---15-----15-----|
g|----------9-7-9---7------------7--9-9-9--9---7--9-11--------------16----16--|
D|----------------9----x-x--9-9-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



e|-----------------------------------------12-----14--------------------------|
b|17-15-17----17-17-15-17-----12-12-12-15-----17-----15-----------------------|
g|---------16--------------14---------------------------16-13-16-16-16-16-16-/|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                Outro (3.Verse) w/Mainriff
                                     B5 E/B B5    E/B   B5
e|---------------------------|  e||--------------------------||
b|17--15---------------------|  b||--------------------------||
g|------16-16-16-------16--|  g||*-4--1--4-4----1--1--4--4*|| 5 times
D|---------------------------|  D||*-4--2--4-4----2--2--4--4*||
A|---------------------------|  A||--2--2--2-2----2--2--2--2-||
E|---------------------------|  E||-----0---------0--0-------||


  B5     E5    B5             E           A E             A E             A E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|4--4-2-1-1-2-4--4-4-4-4-4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-|
D|4--4-2-2-2-2-4--4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|2--2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-------0-0-0----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


              A  B5 E  B5
e|------------------------------|
b|------------------------------|
g|1-1-1-1-1-1-2--4--1--4--4-4-4-|
D|2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--2--4--4-4-4-|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2-2-2-|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-----------|

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