Shot Down In Flames Tab by AC/DC

Shot Down In Flames tab by AC/DC

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Shot Down In Flames (Scott/Young/Young) by AC/DC  from   ’Highway To Hell’ 1979

b=bend r=release Bend P.H.=Pinch Harmonic

    D5                                         A
e  -----------------|------------|---------------|------
B  -----3-----3---3-|------------|-----3-----3-2-|------
G  -0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-|------------|-0-2-2-0-2-2-2-|------
D  -0-----0---------|------------|-0-----0-----2-|------
A  -----------------|------------|-------------0-|------
E  -----------------|------------|---------------|------

/   Fig.1 Guitar 1                 end fig.1 with fig.1
|     A5    G5         D5   C5
|e  --5---5-3--------|--------------
|B  --5---5-3--------|--------------
|G  -----------------|-7--7-5-------
|D  -----------------|-7--7-5-------  5 times
|A  -----------------|--------------
|E  -----------------|--------------
|

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|    Fig.1a Guitar 2               end fig.1a with fig.1a
|e  -----------------|--------------
|B  -----------------|-3--3---------
|G  --2---2-0--------|-2--2---------  10 times
|D  --2---2-0--------|-0--0---------
|A  --0---0----------|--------------
|E  --------3--------|--------------


     Fig.2   (I’m really burnin’ up...)        end fig.2 with fig.1
    A5      G5         D5       C5                A5    G5
e  -5-----5-3--------|-----------------------------------
B  -5-----5-3--------|-3-----3--3-----3--2---------------
G  ------------------|-0--2--2--0--2--2--2--2------------
D  ------------------|----------------------2------------
A  ------------------|-----------------------------------
E  ------------------|-----------------------------------
    D5                                  (Shot down in ...)
     Fig.3 Guitar 1                               end fig.3
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  -------3--------3--------3--------3--------3----------
G  -0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--2-------
D  -0--------0--------0--------0--------0--------0-------
A  ------------------------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------
   (...flames) (Fig.4)            (Shot down in Flames.)
/    A5      G5            D5      C5        A5      G5
|e  ---------3--------------------------------------------
|B  ---------3----3--3--3--3----3--1---1------------------
|G  -2----2--0----0--0--0--2----2--0---0--0--------------- 2 times
|D  -2----2--0----0--0--0--0----0-------------------------
|A  -0----0------------------------3---3--3--0------------
|E  ---------3--------------------------------------------
|Fig.4a
|e  ---------3--------------------------------------------
|B  ---------3-------------3----3--1----------------------
|G  -2----2--0-------------2----2--0---------------------- 2 times
|D  -2----2--0-------------0----0-------------------------
|A  -0----0------------------------3----------------------
|E  ---------3----------0---------------------0-----------


(Ain’t it a shame,to be shot down in ---

   flames.--      D5              with fig.3
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ------------------------------------------------------
G  -----------0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2
D  -----------0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--0-----0
A  ------------------------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------
D5
Hey you!   Angus!      Shoot me!       Shoot me!

    A5           G5  PS     D5       C5    PS=pick slide
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  -------------------------3---3------------------------
G  -2------2----------------2---2------------------------
D  -2------2---------x-----0---0----------x------------
A  -0------0---------x\-------------3-----x\-----------
E  --------------3-------------------------------------
                          D5          C5            A5
    A5           G5~~~~~ _b__r_       ~~~~~~~~~~~ b
e  -----------------------|------------------------------
B  ---------------------7-|-8-7------------------8-10----
G  ---------------------7-|-8-7---5--7-------------------
D  -7---7---7---7---------|------------------------------
A  -----------------------|------------------------------
E  -----------------------|------------------------------
          G5
    b     b ~~~~~~~~~~~  D5          C5            b
e  --------------------|-5-7-----------------------------
B  8-10--8-10----------|-----8-7-5---5-------------------
G  --------------------|-----------7---7--5---7---5-6----
D  --------------------|--------------------7---7-----7--
A  --------------------|---------------------------------
E  --------------------|---------------------------------
    -P.H.--;               D5      C5       A5       G5
  A5  b r      G5     b  ~~~~~~~       b  r
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ---------5-----5-------------x--5---------------------
G  ---------5-----5-------------x--5--4-5----4-7-7-6-5-4-
D  ------------7-----5--7--------------------------------
A  -7--9-7-----------------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------
                                      Ugh!            P.H.
                   D5 b.     P.H.~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ------------------------------------------------------
G  ----------------4----5-----5--------7-------9------11-
D  -7-5--5-4---------------------------------------------
A  ----------7-3-----------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------
    PH                      Yeah!   Shot down in ....
      ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~  ~~~~~~  ~~~~~~  b
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  --------------------------------20-22-----22--------
G  -12------14------16------17---------------------------
D  ------------------------------------------------------
A  ------------------------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------

Continue with Fig.4+4a (3 12 times) Fig. 3 (2 x)
Fig 4+4a (3 12 times) Fig. 3 (2x)

Outro: free
A5
Flames.----
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  -------8-10--8-7-5---5-8-5-5-8-7-5---5----------------
G  -------------------8---------------8---8-7-5-7-5---7-x
D  -----0-------------------------------------------7----
A  ------------------------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------

                                                       b
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  -------5-8-5-----5-8-5-----5-8-5-----5-5-8-5-----5-7-8
G  -5-7-8-------7-8-------7-8-------7-8---------7-5-5-7-9
D  ------------------------------------------------------
A  ------------------------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------
    Pick        Ugh!
   Slide
e  ------------------
B  ------------------
G  ------------------
D  -x---------------
A  -x\--------------
E  ---\-0-----------

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