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                                  AC/DC
                              THUNDERSTRUCK
                        Angus Young / Malcolm Young
  
  h-hammer on
  p-pull off
  b bend
  r release
  P.M. palm mute
  ___ keep the note
  ~~~ hand vibrato
  
  
  
       Rhythm figure 1 (Angus)
  (B)     
  -------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  -----0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h4p0h7p0h|
  -------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  -------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  -------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  -------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  
  Verse:               Ah.______________________________________
  (Em)                                           end Rhythm figure 1    
  |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h5p0h8p0h|
  |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  
  with Rhythm figure 1
                      Ah._________________________________________
  |                                |                                |
  
                      Ah._________________________________________
  |                                |                                |
  
  
                          Ah.________________________________________
  (B)
  Rhythm figure 2 (Angus)                           end Rhythm figure 2
  |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |12p0h10p0h9p0h10p0h9p0h7p0h9p0h5p0h|7p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h5p0h4p0h|
  |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  |-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  
  with Rhythm figure 2 (39 times)
            Ah.____________________         Ah._____________________
  |                |                |                |               |
            Ah.____________________  Thunder,  ah.____________________
  |                |                |                 |               |  
   Thunder,  ah.___________________  Thunder,  ah.____________________
  |                 |               |                 |               |
   Thunder,  ah.___________________  Thunder,  ah.____________________
  |                 |               |                 |               |
   Thunder,  ah.___________________  
  |                 |               |  
  
   Thunder!
  (B5) 
  Rhythm figure 3 (Malcolm)                       end Rhythm figure 3        
   P.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -|
  |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  |------4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|
  |------4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|---4-----4-----4---4-----4-----|
  |----2---2-------2-------2-------2-|-2---2-------2-------2-------2-|
  |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
  
  with Rhythm figure 3 (26 times)
   Thunder         Thunder          Thunder 
  |         |    |           |    |           |
  
   I was caught_       in the mid-dle of a rai-road track,_
  |         |                    |                        |
  
  ____       (Thunder!)   I looked'round,_      and I knew_
  |         |                        |                    |
  
  ___ there was no turn-in' back.     (Thunder!) My mind raced_
  |                        |         |                        |
  
  ___    and I thought_  what_ could I do,____
  |               |                      |                    |
  
  (Thunder!)   And I knew_    there was no_ help, no help from
  |                    |                  |                   |
  
   you.   (Thunder!) Sound of the drums,                        Beat-in' in my
                                  Rhythm figure 4          end Rhythm figure 4
                                   B5         A5 E5     A5       E5
  |------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
  |------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
  |------|-----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
  |------|-----------------------|-4-----------2-----|---2---2----------------|
  |------|-----------------------|-2-----------0-2---|---0---0---2------------|
  |------|-----------------------|---------------0---|-----------0------------|
  
   heart,          The thunder of drums,    yeah,       Tore me a-
  |           |                  |               |                |
  
   part                       You've been             thunder-      
  |           |        |                 |                    |
  
   struck!                                      Rode down the
   B5________________________________________________________
  |          |         |          |                          |
  
   highway,_ broke the limit,  we hit the town,____      Went through to
  |                   |                  |           |                  |
  
   Texas,_       yeah_ Texas,_ and we had some fun           We met some
   B5___________________________________________________________________
  |                   |                       |         |               |
  
   girls,        some dancers who gave a good time,____    Broke all the
   B5___________________________________________________________________
  |                  |                       |           |              |
  
   rules,  played all the fools, yeah,_ yeah, they, they, they blew our minds
   B5________________________________________________________________________
  |                      |                   |           |                   || 
  
                      I was shakin' at the knees,                    Could I
   Rhythm figure 5       end Rhythm figure 5        with Rhythm figure 5
    B5     A5     E5                           A5   B5 A5 E5
  |--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
  |--------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
  |-4------2-----------|-----------------------2---|------------------------|
  |-4------2------2----|-----------------------2---|------------------------|
  |-2------0------2----|-----------------------0---|------------------------|
  |---------------0----|---------------------------|------------------------|
  
   come again please?_____               Yeah, the ladies were too kind.
                               Rhythm figure 6           end Rhythn figure 6
                        A5     B5  A5  E5                              A5
  |--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
  |--------------------------|--------------------|-------------------------|
  |--------------------------|-4---2--------------|--------------------2----|
  |--------------------------|-4---2---2---------|--------------------2----|
  |--------------------------|-2---0---2---------|--------------------0----|
  |--------------------------|---------0----------|-------------------------|
  
       You've been      thuder-struck,                              Thunder-
                               Rhythm figure 7           end Rhythm figure 7 
                               with Rhythm figure 2 (35 times)
    B5 A5 E5                    B5  A5        E5      A5     E5
  |---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
  |---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
  |---------------|----------||--------------------|------------------------|
  |---------------|----------||-4---2---------2----|-2----------------------|
  |---------------|----------||-2---0---------0-2--|-0-------2--------------|
  |---------------|----------||-----------------0--|---------0--------------|
  
   with Rhythm figure 7 (3 times)
   struck._  Yeah,_yeah, yeah, thuder-struck,
  |         |                        |          |
  
   Ooh,_______ thuder-struck.
  |                  |            |          |
  
           Yeah.__
   B5_______________ B5_________________
  |        |        |        |         |
  
            Ooh, I was shakin' at the knees,____                   Could I
         A5     B5                                   A5     B5
   guitar 1     _______________________________
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |--4---2------4-----|------------------------|-4---2------4-------------|
  |--2---0------2-----|------------------------|-2---0------2-------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |
  |guitar 2
  |____         _________________________________________   _______________
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |------------4------|------------------------|------------4-------------|
  |------------2------|------------------------|------------2-------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  
   come again please?_
                       Guitar solo
                        E5        B5        A5              E5
   ___________   ~~     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~       ~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|-9--9-------------------|-10---------9-------------|
  |-------------------|-9--9-------------------|-9----------9-----9b(11)--|
  |-------------x----|-9--9------9------------|-11---------9-------------|
  |-------------x----|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |
  |______________  ~~  Rhythm figure 8                 end Rhythm figure 8
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
  |-------------------|-----------4----------2-|-2------------------------|
  |---------------x/--|-2---------2----------0-|-0----------2-------------|
  |---------------x/--|-0----------------0-2---|------------0-------------|
  
   with Rhythm figure 8 (3 times)
                B5         A5                        E5
                  ____~~~~                           ~~~~~            ____
  |-7-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
  |---10-7---7----------------------|-------------------------------------|
  |--------9---7--------------------|-------------------------------------|
  |--------------9--------------7--|-7--------------9-----------9b(11)---|
  |-------------------------/9------|-------------------------------------|
  |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
  
                B5               A5                        E5
   __                                           ____        ~~~~        
  |---------------------------------------|------------------------------17b-|
  |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  |------7-9---11p9p7--11p9p7----11p9p7---|-7b(9)---r7-----------------------|
  |----9----------------------9---------9-|----------------9-----------------|
  |---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
  |---------------------------------------|-----------------------0--0-------|
  
                      B5                   A5                    
                                         
  |-(19)-17-14---------------------17-14------------|
  |-----------17b(19)-17-15-17b(19)-----17-18-17-15-|
  |-------------------------------------------------|
  |-------------------------------------------------|
  |-------------------------------------------------|
  |-------------------------------------------------|
  
                       E5
                              _____~~~~~
  |------------------------------------------||
  |----15b(17)-15b(17)-15b(17)--------------||
  |-16--------------------------------------||
  |------------------------------------------||
  |------------------------------------------||
  |------------------------------------------||
  
                 Ah.____________________________                  Ah.___
      B5 A5                                         B5     A5
  ||------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
  ||------------------|-------------------------||----------------7-----|
  ||o-------------7---|-7----9-7-9b(11)--9p7---o||o---------------7-----|
  ||o-4---2-----9---9-|----------------------9-o||o-4------2----9-----9-|
  ||--2---0-----------|-------------------------||--2------0------------|
  ||------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
  
  __________________________________ Ow!        Ooh,       thuder-
                                     (B5)
                                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~
  |--------------------------------||-----------|----------------|
  |-7----9---7-9b(10)-----9p7------||-----------|----------------|
  |-7----9---7-9b(11)-----9p7----o-||-----------|----------------|
  |----------------------------9-o-||-----------|------------x--|
  |--------------------------------||-----------|------------x-|
  |--------------------------------||-----------|---------------|
  
  with Rhythm figure 7 (4 times)
   struck,       Thunder-struck._    Yeah, yeah, yeah, thunder-
  |          |          |           |                          |
  
   struck,       Thunder-struck._    Yeah, yeah, yeah, said
  |          |          |           |                      |
  
   Yeah, it's al-right,_           We're      doin'fine,_
                                                         fine,fine,_thunder
      B5              E5__________  B5                E5___________________
  ||--------------------|---------|---------------------|------------------||
  ||--------------------|---------|---------------------|------------------||
  ||o-------------------|---------|---------------------|-----------------o||
  ||o-4-----------------|---------|-4-------------------|-----------------o||
  ||--2---------------2-|---------|-2-----------------2-|------------------||
  ||--------------2-4-0-|---------|---------------2-4-0-|------------------||
  
  with Rythm figure 7 (8 times)
  as lib solo (16 bars)
   struck,  Yeah, yeah, yeah, thunder-struck._    Thunderstruck,_thunder-
  |        |                         |           |                       |
  
   struck.  Whoa,__ baby baby thunder-struck._    You've been    thunder-
  |                |                 |           |                       |
  
   struck.                    Thunder-struck._              Thunderstruck.
           (Ah.___________________)           (Ah._____________________)
  |                |                 |            |                      |
  
                              Thunder-struck.      You've been   thunder-
           (Ah.___________________)           (Ah._______________________)
  |                |                 |            |                      |
    
   struck.________________
   ritard- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -| 
   B5_________________________________________________________  B5
  |                |                 |            |           |         ||
  

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