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 Endinge|----------------------|------------------| |-------------------|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--|
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| Malcolme|----------------------|------------------| |-------------------|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 notesA|-2--0--2----0------------------| Rhythm plays whole chordE|-0--2--3-----------------------|
Bridge - Lead plays all muted notes 2x throughe|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|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|-------------|-------------|------------|------------|
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| Rhythm Solo Riff 1e|----------------------|----------------------|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\--|randomD|--------------------------|--------9-9-x-7~~~--/x\--|slideA|--------------------------|-------------------------|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|---------------------|---------------------------|
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 soundsD|-------------------| at the end but I'm notA|-------------------| 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 heree|------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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