AC/DC · Back in Black · song 7
You Shook Me All Night Long tuning.
You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC, 1980) is in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
Measured on this song itself.
AC/DC · Back in Black · 1980
About You Shook Me All Night Long
A mid-tempo rocker from Back in Black (1980), Brian Johnson's first album with the band. It is plain E Standard, played in G with open G, C and D chords, Malcolm Young on rhythm and Angus Young on lead.
Measured from a compilation copy (an unofficial Russian Greatest Hits CD) that runs as long as the official track to within a second, it sits right at concert pitch: about 2 ¢ flat, shown as A 440. It is also the clearest reading of the 18 AC/DC songs TuneLit measured. Tune opens E Standard at A 440, in line with the album's other measured songs, which all sit within 7 ¢ of it.
Nothing about the tuning trips players up here, and the tabs all agree on E Standard. If an open G chord still sounds sour against the record, look at your G and B strings and your intonation rather than at the reference.
Tip: Strum an open G chord against the first chords of the song; if it sounds off, retune Strings 3 and 2 first.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes You Shook Me All Night Long was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. You Shook Me All Night Long sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play You Shook Me All Night Long along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 should ring together without a wobble.
Or the other way round
Move the record into your tuning
Rather keep your guitar as it is? Let Play along move You Shook Me All Night Long instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in E Standard. Choose E Standard at A 440 and You Shook Me All Night Long moves up 3 cents, at its own speed. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is You Shook Me All Night Long in?
E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.