AC/DC – Hard Times (Bass Tab)

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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