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Album: Stiff Upper Lip (2000)
Band:  AC/DC
Song:  Stiff Upper Lip
Transcribed by: Matt Smith


Standard tuning

m=muted note, b=bend, h=hammer-on, r=release, x=muted click, \=slide
down, /=slide up, v=vibrato


Angus
E|----5---8----5-----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------5----8---5----------------7---5v-----------|
G|---------------------------------7----5----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Riff As Many times as needed

Solo at 1:39 (use mainly upstrokes)
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------8b--5-x|
B|--17b-17b--------------------x-x-5-5b\\---------5----5-7b-5-7-5b------7b--5-x|
G|--17b-17b--------------------x-x-5-5b\\\--------5----5-7b-5-7-5b-------------|
D|---------19~~-21\\\\\\\\\----------------7-x-7~---7m-------------7m----------|
A|--------------21\\\\\\\\\\---------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|5-8b-5-x-8b-5--------------------------------------------------9-10-11-12-9--|
B|5-7b-5-x-7b-5-8-7-5--------------------10~~----12-13r12-10~~-10------------10|
G|--------------7-7-5h6-----------------------11-------------------------------|
D|---------------------7m-x-7~--10-12-14---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------7-------------0m-------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------//8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8////17--18b-18b-18b----------8b-5--|
B|10~~-10r8---8--8-8\\\--///7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7////17--17b-17b-17b----------7b-5--|
G|---------9m-7--7-7\\\\-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------21\\\\\--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------21\\\\\\-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--8b--5-------------------------------------------------|
B|--7b--5-5-8-8-8-8-7-7~-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------5b----5-7-5~--|
G|----------7-7-7-7-7-7~-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------5b----5-7-5~--|
D|-------------------------------------7m-7----7m---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

the notes that Angus hits just after the solo
E|----------------------------------------------------------20~~--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------3/////21----------------|
D|----5b-7~~--(then a few seconds later)--3/////21\\\\\\0--x------|
A|---x------------------------------------3/////21\\\\\\0--x------|
E|--x----------------------------------------------\\\\\0--x------|

a few seconds later hit this
E|-------------------|
B|--888888888888-----|
G|--------------9~~--|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Outro                    (flick pick-up switch at this note to bass)
E|------5-----------5---5-8--|
B|------5-8-5-------5-8-5-7--|
G|-----x--7-5h6----x---------|
D|----x--------7--x----------|
A|---x-----------x-----------|
E|--x-----------x------------|

Chorus:
strike the A chord for a while with the vocals then D C chords then back to A
so its  A D C and repeat.

Angus once said when asked which "boy band" would place higher TV "Who cares
its not rock and roll." Revivng  rock is what its all about.