Shoot to Thrill (Lesson) - AC DC

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Hello, shoot to thrill.

[00:00:04]>> [music] >> This might be my favorite Brian era AC/DC tune.

[00:00:11]>> [music] >> I think it's in standard E is it?

[00:00:14]>> [clears throat] [music] >> And it starts I guess Angus would start with >> [music] >> an A.

[00:00:30]3 [music] 4 I don't know how many times he does it.

[00:00:38]After he does a couple of them >> [music] [music] >> So he's doing G G D.

[00:00:57]D >> [music] >> That's your A at the third fret, C A.

[00:01:04]>> [music] >> It's basically >> [music] [music] >> And that's that then it comes into the verse and that's what they're doing.

[00:01:21]>> [music] [music] >> It's the >> [music] >> C G C >> [music] >> Pull on the trigger down.

[00:01:41]And he does the C, he bars it. He doesn't do [music] these. You'll rarely if ever see see them do this, especially Mal.

[00:01:49]That's C.

[00:01:50]>> [music] >> Down down down and then D A D. DOWN >> [music] >> PULL THE TRIGGER PULL IT. THAT'S YOUR E7#9, your Hendrix chord.

[00:02:10]It's it's your C7 brought up to E7 but then [music] B goes up here to A.

[00:02:21]>> [music] >> Hey shoot to thrill G Playing to kill D.

[00:02:26]>> [music] >> Too many women [singing] and too many pills.

[00:02:33]>> [music] >> Hey >> [music] >> That's you going to the next verse. So it's >> [music] [music] >> You're you're Who fans out there should not be surprised by that.

[00:02:59]So then the and the next time through it'll be >> [music] >> Playing to kill.

[00:03:13]>> [music] >> Right before the solo. Pull the trigger.

[00:03:21]>> [music] [music] >> So during the solo, right?

[00:03:36]Mal starts to going back to this except he's not doing He's not doing it staccato. He's sort of doing >> [music] >> Same thing.

[00:03:51]>> [music] >> D A E7#9 >> [music] >> So during the solo during the >> [music] >> I think Angus is doing >> [music] >> This is G.

[00:04:19]Just the D part.

[00:04:20]And then D instead of >> [music] >> that G D does this G.

[00:04:27]>> [music] >> That's That's D C >> [music] >> A.

[00:04:40]>> [music] [music] >> So after uh >> [bell and music] [music] >> A good Up here at 15 pull the B up.

[00:05:14]>> [music] >> And then the high Up two frets.

[00:05:22]>> [music] >> And then That's the same as this.

[00:05:32]Up here at 12.

[00:05:34]>> [music] >> And then another chorus.

[00:05:40]>> [music] >> And then that part.

[00:05:53]>> [music] >> Okay, that's just the A.

[00:05:59]Take your D.

[00:06:02]G D. It's just A G D again.

[00:06:09]>> [music] >> That's all it is up here.

[00:06:14]So you take your your D up to that.

[00:06:16]So I do it that play the G string first and the other two.

[00:06:20]>> [music] [music] [music] >> And then it it goes after the last one.

[00:06:46]>> [music] [music] [music] >> It just got to build to to the end and you're out.

[00:07:07]But a good little beginner one and even even Angus's part is not too advanced, you know, even with the the lead stuff.

[00:07:14]>> [music] >> And if you can play that version of it and it's not too difficult.

[00:07:20]Good luck.