Shoot to thrill

This is the iconic song played by Ac Dc in  the Marvel movie The Avengers. Not only dose this song sound cool, but it is good to learn hammer-ons. A hammer-on is when you pluck a string before you put your finger down and then slam it down. The hammer-ons in this song are the two notes you play after you play the A major power chord. 

Power Chords

Now I am going to teach about power chords, the best way to do that is by teaching Ac Dc. The tabs  below are for their song Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. they are a little hard to read so I labeled the strings for you. If you have not noticed already the power chords shown below are just shortened versions of some of the 5 open major chords that you have already learned. The chords shown include E major, G major, D major. You might not know the 4th chord you play, it is the A minor chord. Between each of the power chords you let the last one ring out. 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

e-------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------3--------|

G----------------------2-----------2--------|

D--2--------5--2-------2--2--------0--2-----|

A--2--------5--2-------0--2-----------2-----|

E--0--------3--0----------0-----------0-----|

 

First song

Here is the first song that a guitar player with the skills can learn. When it has the letter D over nibbling that is when you play the chord. The only chord you don't know yet is the A7 chord. It is included below. I would recommend that you listen to the song first on YouTube so you know  how fast the song is played.