AC/CD - Decibel
Album - Black Ice
Transcribed by: Jeff Martin
Tuning: Standard
Intro & Verse 1:
ANGUS: MALCOM:
E|-----------:|| |-----------------:||
B|-----------:|| |-----------------:||
G|--------5--:|| |-----------------:||
D|-7-5-7-7-7-:|| |---------------7-:||
A|----7------:|| |-------7-------7-:||
E|-----------:||X12 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-:||X12
*The following bass line could also be used (as desired):
E|-------------:||
B|-------------:||
G|-------------:||
D|-------------:||
A|----------3--:||
E|-5-3-0-5-5-5-:||X12
Chorus 1:
ANGUS:
G A C D G C A D
E|---------0-|---------:||
B|----(1)--3-|-------3-:||
G|-0-2-0-0-2-|-----2-2-:||
D|-0-2-2-0-0-|---2-2-0-:||
A|-0-0-3-----|-0-3-0---:||
E|-3---0-----|-3-------:||X2 (Both Parts in Order)
MALCOM:
E|-----------|---------:||
B|-----------|---------:||
G|-----------|---------:||
D|-----5-0-7-|---5---7-:||
A|-5-7-3-0-5-|-5-3-7-5-:||
E|-3-5-------|-3---5---:||X2 (Both Parts in Order)
Verse 2:
ANGUS:
E|-----------|-----------:||
B|-----------|-----------:||
G|--------5--|-7-5----5--:||
D|-7-5-7-7-7-|-----7-7-7-:||
A|----7------|----7------:||
E|-----------|-----------:||X2
*Note: A third guitar could repeat the 1st part 4X
ANGUS: MALCOM:
E|-----------:|| |-----------------:||
B|-----------:|| |-----------------:||
G|--------5--:|| |-----------------:||
D|-7-5-7-7-7-:|| |---------------7-:||
A|----7------:|| |-------7-------7-:||
E|-----------:||X4 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-:||X8
Chorus 2:
ANGUS:
E|---------------------|------------------|
B|-10-12-12b13-12-9/10-|10-12-12b13-12/15-|
G|---------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------|X2
*Angus ends with quick B15 notes with verbrato then a slide back.
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15/-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
MALCOM:
E|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|-------------7-|
G|-------------2-|-------------7-|
D|-----5-0-----2-|-----5-0-----7-|
A|-5-7-3-0-5-0-0-|-5-7-3-0-5-0-5-|
E|-3-5-----3-0---|-3-5-----3-0---|X2
ANGUS:
E|-----------|-----------:||
B|-----------|-----------:||
G|--------5--|-7-5----5--:||
D|-7-5-7-7-7-|-----7-7-7-:||
A|----7------|----7------:||
E|-----------|-----------:||X2
ANGUS: MALCOM:
E|-----------:|| |-----------------:||
B|-----------:|| |-----------------:||
G|--------5--:|| |-----------------:||
D|-7-5-7-7-7-:|| |---------------7-:||
A|----7------:|| |-------7-------7-:||
E|-----------:||X4 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-:||X8
Fill (ANGUS, leads into solo)
E|----------------------------------|
B|-7/10-7/8-7/10-10/12-12/13-13/15/-|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/ac_dc/decibel_tab_ver_2.html ]
ANGUS SOLO: (Pentatonic Minor Scale in Key of A)
E|---17-15---------15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15------|
B|-17-----17-15-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17/7-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
E|-----5-------5---5------------|
B|----5-8-5---5-8-5-8-----------|
G|-7b9-----7b8---7---7-7/9-9/12-|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Chorus 3:
ANGUS:
G A C D G C A D
E|---------0-|---------:||
B|----(1)--3-|-------3-:||
G|-0-2-0-0-2-|-----2-2-:||
D|-0-2-2-0-0-|---2-2-0-:||
A|-0-0-3-----|-0-3-0---:||
E|-3---0-----|-3-------:||X2 (Both Parts in Order)
MALCOM:
E|-----------|---------:||
B|-----------|---------:||
G|-----------|---------:||
D|-----5-0-7-|---5---7-:||
A|-5-7-3-0-5-|-5-3-7-5-:||
E|-3-5-------|-3---5---:||X2 (Both Parts in Order)
Fill 2 (2:35)
E|---------------------------------------|
B|-15b17-15-13--15-13-15-13--------------|
G|------------14-----------14-14~~~~~14/-|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Fill 3: (2:42)
E|------15--------------------------------------|
B|-15h17--17-16-15--------15--13----------------|
G|----------------17-14-12--12--12-9------------|
D|----------------------------------12-10-7~~~~-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
B|---15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17~~~~~~-----|
G|-17------------------------------------17/-|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
*U could also bend the B15 up and down from 15 to 17 etc*
E|-----------------------|-10-10-10~~~~~~~~~10/-|
B|----5-7-8-7h8-7h8-7-8/-|----------------------|
G|-7b9------7---7---7----|----------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------|
A|-----------------------|----------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------|
(2:57)
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--------------15b17-15b17/-|-15b17-15-13------13---------------|
G|-14b17-14b17/--------------|-------------14-12--14-12--14-12---|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------14-----14-|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
*Sheesh******
ANGUS:
E|---------------------|------------------|
B|-10-12-12b13-12-9/10-|10-12-12b13-12/15-|
G|---------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|------------------|
A|---------------------|------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------|X2
*Angus ends with quick B15 notes with verbrato then a slide back.
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15/-|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
MALCOM:
E|---------------|---------------|
B|---------------|-------------7-|
G|-------------2-|-------------7-|
D|-----5-0-----2-|-----5-0-----7-|
A|-5-7-3-0-5-0-0-|-5-7-3-0-5-0-5-|
E|-3-5-----3-0---|-3-5-----3-0---|X2
No flames please. just corrections! TIA
