AC/DC - "All Screwed Up"
From the "Stiff Upper Lip" Album
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand
This song is harder to play by ear than your average ACDC song, so
I thought I'd tab it out & share. Great sound! Please rate/comment.
Intro - Angus (Lead Distorted Guitar, played 8x)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------------|
D|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------------|
A|-0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
after 2 bars, Malcolm comes in (mild dist. guitar, played 6x):
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------------|
A|-0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Verse - Play Intro rhythm 4x, then play this bar 2x:
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------------|
|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------------| Malcolm plays a
|-0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2------------| similar rhythm
Finally, play Intro Rhythm 2x to end Verse
Prechorus - play 3x
Angus Riff Ending
e|----------------------|------------------| |-------------------|
B|----7----9-------7--8-|-(8)--7-----------| |-------------------|
G|----7----9----7--7--7-|-(7)--7-----------| |-------------------|
D|--------------7-------|------------------| |--2-------2--2--2--|
A|----------------------|------------------| |--2-------2--2--2--|
E|----------------------|------------------| |--0-------0--0--0--|
|
| Malcolm
e|----------------------|------------------| |-------------------|
B|----------------------|------------------| |-------------------|
G|----------------------|------------------| |-------------------|
D|----0----2------------|------------------| |--2-------2--2--2--|
A|----0----2----2--4--5-|-(5)--5-----------| |--2-------2--2--2--|
E|----2----4----0--2--3-|-(3)--2-----------| |--0-------0--0--0--|
Chorus - play 2x
play 3x fourth bar:
e|--------------------------------------| |--------------------|
B|--------------------------------------| |--------------------|
G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------------| |--------------------|
D|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4------------| |-2-------7---7------|
A|-0--2--2--0--2--2--0--2--2------------| |-2-------5---4------|
E|--------------------------------------| |-0------------------|
"All Screwed up"
Play Verse Again
Play Prechorus Again
Play Chorus but change 8th bar to:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|------(0)--(2~~~~)-------------| <- notes on this string are
D|----0--0----2------------------| played by Lead as single notes
A|-2--0--2----0------------------| Rhythm plays whole chord
E|-0--2--3-----------------------|
Bridge - Lead plays all muted notes 2x through
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|-----------------0---0-----------|---------------------------------|
A|-2---2---2---2-----------0---0---|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
at (2:18), Rhythm adds:
e|----------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------3-----------|----------------------------|
G|-4--------2-----2-----|----------------------------|
D|-4-x8-----0-x4--2-x4--|-2--------------------------|
A|-2--------------0-----|-2--x16---------------------|
E|----------------------|-0--------------------------|
at (2:22) Lead starts playing
e|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|
B|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|
G|-4TP---------|-4TP---------|-4TP--------|-/16TP------|
D|-------------|-------------|------------|-/16TP------|
A|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|
E|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|
|
| Rhythm Solo Riff 1
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----------3-----------|----------3-----------|
G|-4--------2-----2-----|----------2-x4--2-----|
D|-4-x8-----0-x4--2-x4--|-2--------0-----2-x4--|
A|-2--------------0-----|-2--x8----------0-----|
E|----------------------|-0--------------------|
Lead Solo (Rhythm continues playing Solo Riff 1)
e|---------------------------|-17--17-----17----17~---\-|
B|-------17b19---17b19-17b19-|-b19-b19-b19--b19-17b19~\-|
G|-16~-----------------------|--------------------------|
D|---------------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------------|--------------------------|
E|---------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-7~--7~--7-7-------7------|-------------------------|
B|-----7~------7-10----10-7-|---7---------------------|
G|--------------------------|-9---7--------------/x\--|random
D|--------------------------|--------9-9-x-7~~~--/x\--|slide
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|
Solo Continued (Rhythm plays the Prechorus)
e|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|-0-----3--3----2-3---|-2-3-2-0--------3----------|
G|-4--4-----4~---------|--------0-0-2b4____b4r2_p0-|
D|---------------------|---------------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/ac-dc/244122.html ]
e|---------------12-------|----------------------------------|
B|-15b17-15b17~~----12-15-|------12-----12---15----15~-------|
G|------------------------|-14b16--14b16--14b16-14b16~-------|
D|------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|------------------------|----------------------------------|
e|---------------7--------|----------------------------|
B|-10b12-10b12~----10-----|----------------------------|
G|--------------------9-7-|----------------------------|
D|------------------------|-8-7-5---7p5----5-5-5~~~----|
A|------------------------|-------7--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------12\-|
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|---2b4-b4-b4-4br2--| there are weird sounds
D|-------------------| at the end but I'm not
A|-------------------| sure what it is.
E|-0-----------------|
Play Chorus
At 3:06, Lead plays along:
e|-4b5r4------2--------|-----------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|-----17b19-15~~--|----15-15-------------|
G|-4----------2--------|-----------------|-16-------16p14-16~---|
D|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
"since your all screwed up" "all screwed"
e|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|----------15----15-|-17-15~~~-----15-----|---------------------|
G|-16--16~-----16----|-----------------16\-|-16--16-x/------x----|
D|-------------------|---------------------|------------------16-|
A|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------|-----------12\-------|
"up" etc
e|-------------------|-------------------|-17------------------|
B|-------------------|-15---17---17b19---|-17b19--17~~---------|
G|-16~~~~~~~~~/------|-------------------|------------19p16----|
D|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
(3:27)
e|-----7---7---7/---|----------------|-7------7-----7------------|
B|------------------|-10b12~~~~~~~~~-|---10b12-10b12-10b12-7-9p7-|
G|------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
D|------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
A|------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
E|------------------|----------------|---------------------------|
e|------------------|----------------|
B|-9b10r9-7\--------|----------------|
G|------------------|--------7---7~--|
D|------------------|----------------|
A|------------------|----------------|
E|------------------|----------------|
(3:40) Play Bridge
(3:49) Lead
e|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------|
B|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------|
G|-----------|------------|-----------|--------7~----------|
D|-7tr9------|-7tr9-------|-7tr9------|-9p7h9------7--9~---|
A|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------|
E|-----------|------------|-----------|--------------------|
*** Rhythm Riff 2 starts here (see below)
e|-7--7~----7---|-------------------|-----10-11-12-13-14-14\10-|
B|------------7-|-10----------------|-12~----------------------|
G|--------------|-----9b11r9---7~---|--------------------------|
D|--------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E|--------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------------|-------17----17----17----|
B|-12-10\----------|-17b19--------17b19----|-17b19-17b19-17b19-17b19-|
G|--------------16-|--------16-16-------16-|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
* Rhythm plays Intro here
e|------17---17---17---17---17-------|----17---17---17---17---17---17---17---|
B|-17b19--b19--b19--b19--b19--r17-15-|-b19--b19--b19--b19--b19--b19--b19--b19|
G|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
e|-----17-----17---17---17---17---17-|--------------------|
B|-b19---b19----b19--b19--b19--b19---|----15-17--17~~~~~~-|
G|-----------------------------------|-16-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
*** Rhythm Riff 2 for above (see line with stars)
e|----------------|--------------------|
B|--------3-------|--------------------|
G|-4------2---2---|-------0------------|
D|-4------0---2---|----0--0----0-------|
A|-2----------0---|-2--0--2----0----2--|
E|----------------|-0--2--3----2----0--|
Ending (rhythm strums B5 Chord)
e|----------7------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10b12~-7---10p7-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------9p7--9--7h8--9---7------------------------------------|
D|--------------------9--9--------9---9-7---9---7-7/x--7/x--7/x--7~~~~\--|
A|----------------------------------------9---9--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
KEY
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
| __ hold note out, for example if playing other notes
| TP Tremelo picking
| tr trill (hammer-on & pull off repeatedly)
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