Hard Times by Ac/dc
HARD TIMES (Bassline)
As recorded by AC/DC
(From the 2014 Album ROCK OR BUST)
Words and Music by Angus Young & Malcolm Young
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Cliff Williams - Bass'
Intro
Q=93
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|---------0-----------|------------------|
|----------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
1st & 2nd Verses
E E E E E S S +E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||o-----------------|
|---------0-----------||o-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E S S +Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------0----------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E S S +E. S E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +Q W
|---------------------||-----------------|--------------------|------|
|---------------------||-----------------|--------------------|------|
|---------0---------0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)--|-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)---||-----------------|--------------------|------|
Chorus
$
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +Q
|----------||-----------------|--------------------|
|----------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-4--------||-----------------|---------0----------|
|----------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +Q
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------0----------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)---||
2.,D.S.
E E E E E S S +Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------0----------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
To Coda
E E E E E S S +Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|---------0----------|-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
Bridge
E E E E E S S +Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------||-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0----------||-3--3--3--3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--||-------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E S S +Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0----------|-3--3--3--3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|-------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E S S +Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0----------|-3--3--3--3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|-------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E S S +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +Q
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|---------0----------|-----------------|---------0-----------||
|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)---||
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------0----------|-3--3--3--3--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----0-(0)--|-------------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3--3--3--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
Outro
Freely Q=80
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
|
