AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You): Guitar Chords

Learn to play "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

 B  A            G D/F#
We roll the night
     E
To the guitar bite
 B    A  G D/F# E
Yeah yeah

B                D   A
Stand up and be counted
      E                          G E
For what you are about to receive
B           D  A
We are the dealers
       E                          G E
We'll give you everything you need

Hail hail to the good times
'Cause rock has got the right of way
We ain't no legend, ain't no 'cause
We're just livin' for today

Chorus:
      B     A             G    D/F# E
For those about to rock, we salute you
      B     A             G    D/F# E
For those about to rock, we salute you

We rock at dawn on the front line
Like a bolt right out of the blue
The sky's alight with the guitar bite
Heads will roll and rock tonight

Chorus - x2

G D           B                       D  A
We're just a battery for hire with a guitar fire
  E                   G E
Ready and aimed at you
 B                      D   A
Pick up your balls and load up your cannon
        E                 G E
For a twentyone gun salute

      B                         G    D    A
For those about to rock, fire. We salute you
      B                   G    D    A
For those about to rock, We salute you
      B                         G    D    A
For those about to rock, fire. We salute you
 B     G    A    B G D A
Fire. We salute you
 B
We salute you
G      D A
Come on,   whoa

Chorus - x2

  B         G D A
Shoot, shoot
  B         G D A
Shoot, shoot
      B
For those of you, for those who rock.
 G
Ain't gonna get tired.
       D       A          B
Won't take a break, we salute you, yeah.

 G    D    A
We salute you
 G    D    A
We salute you
 G    D    A B A G D E
We salute you
 B
Fire


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" by AC/DC.

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