Hard Times Tab

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo
Author gnolivos [a] 486.
1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 19, 2019
HARD TIMES
                           As recorded by AC/DC
                        (From the Album ROCK OR BUST)
 
Transcribed by gnolivos
 
Stevie and Angus play slightly different rhythm sections.
 
STANDARD TUNING
Gtr 1 ANGUS  (E A D G B E)
Gtr 2 STEVIE (E A D G B E)
 
 
0:00
INTRO
RHYTHM PATTERN 1  [Pay attention to timing of drone E note]
GUITAR 1 (ANGUS)
   .....Slightly muted............................    .
E||------------------------------------------------------------|| x4
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------------------2----------||
D||-------------------------------------------------2----2-----||
A||-2---4---5-------5----4------2----2---4---5------0----2-----||
E||-0---0---0---0---0--0-0----0------0---0---0---0-----X-0-----||
 ||                                                            ||
GUITAR 2 (STEVIE)                                              ||
E||------------------------------------------------------------||
B||------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--------------------------------------------------2---(1)---||
D||--------------------------------------------------2-x--2----||
A||--------------------------------------------------0-x--2----||
E||----------------------------------------------------x--0----||
 
 
0:22
RHYTHM PATTERN 2
GUITAR 1 (ANGUS)
   .slight mute.               x2
E||--------------------------||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------||-3--3--3--3---------------|
G||--------------0h2-----2---||-2--2--2--2---------------|
D||-7--5--4--5---0h2-----2---||-0--0--0--0--7--7--7--7---|
A||-0--0--0--0-------0--(0)--||-------------4--4--4--4---|
E||--------------------------||--------------------------|
 ||                          ||                          |
GUITAR 2 (STEVIE)            ||                          |
E||--------------------------||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------||-3--3--3--3---------------|
G||-2------------------------||-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
D||-2------------------------||-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2---|
A||-0------------------------||-------------4--4--4--4---|
E||--------------------------||--------------------------|
 
 
0:32
PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 1 twice with this fill:
FILL 1
GUITAR 1 (ANGUS)
E||-7--7--9--9--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--x--7--7-----7--7--9--9--10-10-10-10--|| x2
B||-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--x--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
G||-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--x--9--9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---||
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------||
 
 
0:42
PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 1 x2
 
0:53
PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 2
 
1:03
PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 1 with FILL 1  x4
 
 
1:23
SOLO
GUITAR 1 (ANGUS)
E||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------|| x3
B||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
G||--------- SOLO ~~~ --------|--------- SOLO ~~~ ---------------------------||
D||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
A||---------------------------|--PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 1 with FILL 1-----------||
E||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
 ||                           |                                              ||
GUITAR 2 (STEVIE)  Stevie does a hint of (4) on the A chord here second time ||
E||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
G||-5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2---|----------------------------------------------||
D||-5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2---|--PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 1 with FILL 1-----------||
A||-3--3--3--3--(4)(4)(4)(4)--|----------------------------------------------||
E||---------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
 
 
1:49
PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 1 (once)
 
1:54
Then Stevie joins in as well (once)
GUITAR 1 (ANGUS)
   .....Slightly muted............................    .
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------2----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2----2-----|
A|-2---4---5-------5----4------2----2---4---5------0----2-----|
E|-0---0---0---0---0--0-0----0------0---0---0---0-----X-0-----|
 |                                                            |
GUITAR 2 (STEVIE)                                             |
 |.....Slightly muted............................    .        |
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------2----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------2----2-----|
A|-2---4---5-------5----4------2----2---4---5------0----2-----|
E|-0---0---0---0---0--0-0----0------0---0---0---0-----X-0-----|
 
 
2:00
PLAY RHYTHM PATTERN 1 with FILL 1  x4
 
2:21
SOLO 2
GUITAR 1 (ANGUS)                x2
E||---------------------------||--22------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------||--22b23---repeat bends several times to outro-|
G||--------- SOLO ~~~ --------||----------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
A||---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
 ||                           ||                                              |
GUITAR 2 (STEVIE)  Stevie does a hint of (4) on the  A chord here 2nd time    |
E||---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
G||-5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2---||-1--------------------------------------------|
D||-5--5--5--5---2--2--2--2---||-2--------------------------------------------|
A||-3--3--3--3--(4)(4)(4)(4)--||-2--------------------------------------------|
E||---------------------------||-0--------------------------------------------|
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