Hard As A Rock - AC/DC

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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 
--------------
o-------------
o-2-2-2-2-2-2-
--------------

e e   e e e e 
----|---------
----|---------
2-2-|-2-2-2-2-
----|---------

e e e e 10x
---------||
--------o||
2-2-2-2-o||
---------||


  [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
------------||
-----------o||
-2-2-2-2-2-o||
------------||

-|
-|
-|
-|


   [Pre-Chorus
     E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
E||-----------

]
 E E E  6x E E
--------||----
-------o||----
-2-2-2-o||-2-2
--------||----

 E E E E E E
--------------
--------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2\-
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|


              
  Segno $
   Q.   E +Q  
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0----5-(5)-

              
 Q    H     H 
----|---------
----|---------
----|-7\------
-0--|---------

     [Chorus]
       E E E E
---||---------
---||o--------
---||o-2-2-2-2
---||---------

 E E E E   E E
---------|----
---------|----
-------2-|-2-2
-0-0-0---|----

 E E E  E  E E
--------------
--------------
-2-2-2-(2)-2--
-------------0

--|
--|
--|
--|


              
   E E E E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0

              
 E E   E E E E
-----|--------
-----|--------
---2-|-2-2-2-2
-0---|--------

       (4th ti
 E E E E      
----------||-|
---------o||-|
-2-2-2-2-o||-|
----------||-|

me on Dal Segn
   E E E E E E
|-------------
|o------------
|o-2-2-2-2-2-2
|-------------

o) To Coda
 E E  4x
------||
-----o||
-2-2-o||
------||


  [2nd Verse] 
     E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
E||-----------

             [
 E E E  8x    
--------||-||-
-------o||-||o
-2-2-2-o||-||o
--------||-||-

Pre-Chorus]
 E E E E E E E
--------------
--------------
-2-2-2-2-2-2-2
--------------

 E   +E  E E E
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
-0-|-(0)-0-0-0

 E E E E
----------||
---------o||
---------o||
-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 
----------|---
----------|---
----------|-0-
0-0-0-0-0-|---

 Segno al Coda
E E E E E E E
--------------
--------------
0---2-2-2-2-2-
--0-----------

||
||
||
||


   Coda &
     E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
E||-----------

 E E E  4x E E
--------||----
-------o||----
-2-2-2-o||-0--
--------||----

 E E +H       
------------|-
------------|-
---2-(2)----|-
-0----------|-

+W
-------|
-------|
(2)----|
-------|


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

  +E  E   +Q  
--------|-----
--------|-----
--(2)---|-----
------0-|-(0)-

 E E E E E E
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|
-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
-------|------
-------|------
-2-2---|------
-----0-|-0-0-0

 E E E E E   3
-------------|
------------o|
------------o|
-0-0-0-0-0---|

x
|
|
|
|


   E E E E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0

 E E   E E E E
-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
-0-0-|-0-0-0-0

 E E E E   Q. 
---------|----
---------|----
-----0-1-|-2--
-0-0-----|----

  E +Q   Q    
------------|-
------------|-
--2-(2)-----|-
---------0--|-

+W           +
-----------|--
-----------|--
-----------|--
(0)--------|-(

W
------||
------||
------||
0)----||


  [Interlude] 
     E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2-2
E||-----------

             [
 E E E  8x    
--------||-||-
-------o||-||o
-2-2-2-o||-||o
--------||-||-

Outro]
 E E E E E E E
--------------
--------------
-2-2-2-2------
---------0-0-0

 E   E E E E E
---|----------
---|----------
-2-|-2-2-2-2-2
---|----------

 E E E
-------|
-------|
-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
-----|--------
-----|--------
---2-|-2-2-2-2
-0---|--------

            2.
 E E E E     E
----------||--
---------o||--
-2-2-2-2-o||-2
----------||--

 E E E E E E E
--------------
--------------
-2-2-2-2-2-0-1
--------------

-|
-|
-|
-|


              
     E E E E E
G||-----------
D||o----------
A||o-2-2-2-2--
E||----------0

              
 E E E   E E E
-------|------
-------|------
-----2-|-2-2-2
-0-0---|------

            1.
 E E E E E   E
-----------|--
-----------|--
-2-2-2-2---|--
---------0-|-0

 E E E E E E E
--------------
--------------
-------------2
-0-0-0-0-0-0--

   E E E E E E
-|------------
-|------------
-|-2-2-2-2-2-2
-|------------

 E E
------||
-----o||
-2-2-o||
------||


  2.
   Q  Q  E E E
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|-0--0--0-0-0

 E   E E E E E
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
-0-|-0-0-0-0-0

 E E E   E E E
-------|------
-0-1-2-|------
-------|------
-------|-0-0-0

 E E E E E
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-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         
--|----------|
--|----------|
--|-2--------|
--|----------|

 q  Q  H
------------*|
------------*|
-2----------*|
------------*|

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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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