Hard As A Rock - AC/DC
Version 2 of 2
- Hard As A Rock (Bass Tabs) (v1)Rating: 4.13 / 5.00
Tuning: Standard, E A D G
HARD AS A ROCK (Bassline)
As recorded by AC/DC
(From the 1995 Album BALLBREAKER)
Words and Music by Angus Young & Malcolm Young
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Cliff Williams - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
W
G|----------||
D|----------||
A|----------||
E|----------||
e e e e e e
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o-------------
o-2-2-2-2-2-2-
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e e e e e e
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----|---------
2-2-|-2-2-2-2-
----|---------
e e e e 10x
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--------o||
2-2-2-2-o||
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[1st Verse]
E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
E||-----------
E E E E E E
-------|------
-------|------
-2-2-2-|-2-2-2
-------|------
E E E E E 4x
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-----------o||
-2-2-2-2-2-o||
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[Pre-Chorus
E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
E||-----------
]
E E E 6x E E
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-------o||----
-2-2-2-o||-2-2
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E E E E E E
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-2-2-2-2-2-2\-
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Segno $
Q. E +Q
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0----5-(5)-
Q H H
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----|---------
----|-7\------
-0--|---------
[Chorus]
E E E E
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---||o--------
---||o-2-2-2-2
---||---------
E E E E E E
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---------|----
-------2-|-2-2
-0-0-0---|----
E E E E E E
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-2-2-2-(2)-2--
-------------0
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E E E E E E
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D|------------
A|------------
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0
E E E E E E
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-----|--------
---2-|-2-2-2-2
-0---|--------
(4th ti
E E E E
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---------o||-|
-2-2-2-2-o||-|
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me on Dal Segn
E E E E E E
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|o------------
|o-2-2-2-2-2-2
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o) To Coda
E E 4x
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-----o||
-2-2-o||
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[2nd Verse]
E E E E E
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D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
E||-----------
[
E E E 8x
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-------o||-||o
-2-2-2-o||-||o
--------||-||-
Pre-Chorus]
E E E E E E E
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-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
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E +E E E E
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-0-|-(0)-0-0-0
E E E E
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---------o||
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-0-0-0-0--||
Q E E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|-0----2-2-2-
E|----0-------
E E +E E E
----|---------
----|---------
2---|---------
--0-|-(0)-0-0-
Dal
E E E E E E
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----------|---
----------|-0-
0-0-0-0-0-|---
Segno al Coda
E E E E E E E
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0---2-2-2-2-2-
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Coda &
E E E E E
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D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
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E E E 4x E E
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-2-2-2-o||-0--
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E E +H
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---2-(2)----|-
-0----------|-
+W
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(2)----|
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E E E E +Q
G|------------
D|------------
A|-0-----2-(2)
E|-----0------
+E E +Q
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--------|-----
--(2)---|-----
------0-|-(0)-
E E E E E E
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-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
[Guitar Solo
E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-0-0---2-2
E||------0----
]
E E E E E E
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-------|------
-2-2---|------
-----0-|-0-0-0
E E E E E 3
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-0-0-0-0-0---|
x
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E E E E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0
E E E E E E
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-0-0-|-0-0-0-0
E E E E Q.
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-----0-1-|-2--
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E +Q Q
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+W +
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(0)--------|-(
W
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[Interlude]
E E E E E
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D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
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[
E E E 8x
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-------o||-||o
-2-2-2-o||-||o
--------||-||-
Outro]
E E E E E E E
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-2-2-2-2------
---------0-0-0
E E E E E E
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-2-|-2-2-2-2-2
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E E E
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-2-2---|
-----0-|
E E E E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0
1.
E E E E E E
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-----|--------
---2-|-2-2-2-2
-0---|--------
2.
E E E E E
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-2-2-2-2-o||-2
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E E E E E E E
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-2-2-2-2-2-0-1
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E E E E E
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D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2--
E||----------0
E E E E E E
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-----2-|-2-2-2
-0-0---|------
1.
E E E E E E
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-2-2-2-2---|--
---------0-|-0
E E E E E E E
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-------------2
-0-0-0-0-0-0--
E E E E E E
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-|-2-2-2-2-2-2
-|------------
E E
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-----o||
-2-2-o||
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2.
Q Q E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0--0--0-0-0
E E E E E E
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-0-|-0-0-0-0-0
E E E E E E
-------|------
-0-1-2-|------
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-------|-0-0-0
E E E E E
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-0-0-0-0-0-|
rita
E E E E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0
rdando H.=H
Q H H
----|---------
----|---------
----|-2-------
-0--|------0--
W
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--|-2--------|
--|----------|
q Q H
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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")
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