Tabbed by Rick Weber. Some of the solo and bridge content and notation of this is
borrowed from the Tab by Steve Vetter,
and Henrik Jonsson. I corrected some accuracy problems that I encountered while
playing it and completed what they started.
This is my interpretation of this song, and is not inteded to represent official
notation of the song as performed by AC/DC.
This Tab is for research and personal growth as a guitarist only.
Solos are not perfect, and are only intended to provide a framework for
improvisation. Some of it pretty on, some of it isn't it's all just
what Those other guys put together so I threw it in here. You gotta make it your
own anyway, so without further delay and Gibber Jabber...
RIDE ON by AC/DC
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Chords:
"_" Preceding a chord means it's the barred version of that chord.
C X32010
_C X3555X
F X33210
_F 133211
_F# 244322
Bb X1333X
G 3X0033
_G 355433
Intro: C F x 4
C F C F
It's another lonely evening
_F Bb _F Bb
And another lonely town
_G _C
But I ain't too young to worry
Bb _F
And I ain't too old to cry
C F C F
When a woman gets me down
C F C F
Got another empty bottle
_F Bb _F Bb
And another empty bed
_G _C
Ain't too young to admit it
Bb _F
And I'm not too old to lie
C F C F
I'm just another empty head
_Fx3 + D string 3 fret
That's why I'm lonely
|--1-1-1------|
|--1-1-1------|
|--2-2-2------|
|--3-3-3-3~~--|
|--3-3-3------|
|--1-1-1------| x2
_F#x3 + D string 4 fret
I'm so lonely
|--2-2-2------|
|--2-2-2------|
|--3-3-3------|
|--4-3-4-4~~--|
|--4-4-4------|
|--2-2-2------| x2
But I know what I'm gonna do...
_G x13
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
F C
I'm gonna ride on
F G
*Ride on*
F C
*Ride on*
standing on the edge of the road
Bb _F
*Ride on*
thumb in the air
F C
*Ride on*
one of these days I'm gonna
C G
*Ride on*
change my evil ways
_F x 24
Till then I'll just keep..
riding on..
C F x4 plays behind the small solo at the bridge
Little solo
|----------------------15-----------------------------------------------------|
|-16b18-r16-13---16r15b17---15b17-13-15p13-13---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------12r10--8~~~~~-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C F C F
Well I Broke another promise
_F Bb _F Bb
And I broke another heart
_G _C
But I ain't too young to realize
Bb _F
That I ain't too old to try
C F C F
Try to get back to the start
C F C F
And it's another red light nightmare
_F Bb _F Bb
Ooooooh On Another red light street
_G _C
And I ain't too old to hurry
Bb _F
Cause I ain't too old to die
C F C F
But I sure am hard to beat
_Fx3 + D string 3 fret
But I'm lonely
|--1-1-1------|
|--1-1-1------|
|--2-2-2------|
|--3-3-3-3~~--|
|--3-3-3------|
|--1-1-1------| x2
_F#x3 + D string 4 fret
Lord I'm lonely
|--2-2-2------|
|--2-2-2------|
|--3-3-3------|
|--4-3-4-4~~--|
|--4-4-4------|
|--2-2-2------| x2
What am I gonna do...
_G x13
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
F C
I'm gonna ride on,
_F _G
*Ride on*
got myself a one-way ticket
F C
*Ride on*
Bb _F
*Ride on*
going the wrong way
F C
*Ride on*
gonna change my evil ways
_C _G
*Ride on*
one of these days,
_F x 24
*Ride on*
One of these days
C F plays continuously behind main solo.
|----------------------------------|
|-16b18-r16-13-13~\------13-13b17--|
|---------------------/14----------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
. .
|-------8--------------------------------------------------|
|---------11p8----8----------------------------------------|
|-10b12--------10---10b12r10p8---------10b12r10-8~~~~------|
|------------------------------10--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
. ~
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/ac_dc/ride_on_tab_ver_4.html ]
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------8----------8-11p8-------8-11p8------8-11b13----------------------------|
|--10b12-----10b12-------10b12--------10b12-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--8-----------------------------------------8-10-11~~~~----------------------|
|----11p8----------------------------8-10-11----------------------------------|
|--------11p10p8----8~~~~-------8-10------------------------------------------|
|----------------10--------8/10-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. .
|--10b12r10-8-h11p8-----8--8-8---15r17--17r15--13-12----12--------------------|
|-------------------/10------------------------------13---13~~~~\-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. .
????????????????????
|-------------------------------------------------15-------------18-18===----|
|-15b17--15b17-%-%-%-%--17r15-13-13---15-13-15/17----17----18b20----18b20-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . ~
?????????????????
|--17-18-15---18p17p15--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------18p17p15-18p17p15--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------17p15-15-17-15-17~~~~~\-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . .
????????????????????????????????????????????
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8-11p8------------------------------|
|--8-------8-------8-?--------------10p8-10~~~~------------------|
|----10-10-----8h10 ---%-%---------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
^ @
|------8------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8--11p8-------------------------------------------------------|
|---10--------10p8-8-10p8----8--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------10---10-10~~~~----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
. ^ .
|-------------------8-10-11r10-8~~~-|
|-----------8-10-11-----------------|
|------8-10-------------------------|
|--/10------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
.
|------13-----------13-----------------------------|
|---------16b18~~~-----16p13-----------------------|
|--/14-----------------------16p15p13--------------|
|-------------------------------------15~~~\-------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----15-17b19---17-15-17b19-17b19--17b19-17b19~~~\----------|
|--17--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
. .
?????????????????
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--18b20--18b20-18b20--18p17p15-%%%%--18b20~~~~~~~~\--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F C
*Ride on*
_F _G
*Ride on*
I'm gonna ride on
F C
*Ride on*
Mmmmmm looking for a truck
Bb _F
*Ride on
Mmmm mmm hmmmmmm
F C
*Ride on*
_C _G
*Ride On*
keep on riding
_F x 24
Riding on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and onnnnn.
F C
*Ride on*
_F _G
OOh Yeah,
Gonna have myself a good time
F C
Ohhh yeah
Bb _F
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
F C
*Ride on*
One of these days
_C _G
*Ride on*
F x 24
One of these days...
|--8-------------8----------------------------------------------------------|
|----8--11b13------11p8-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------(insert lots---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------of -----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------notes here)------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------11--8~~~~~~\--------|
^
Legend
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B bend
r release
B hammer-on
p pull-off
^ slight-bend
~ vibrato
/\ slides
. staccato
% repeat last lick
= hold note
@ semi-harmonic
??????????? are cues to general improvisation. Basically this is where Angus is shredding.
Enjoy.
