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AC/DC · 1981 · Studio album

For Those About to Rock We Salute You tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440). All 10 songs use it.

For Those About to Rock We Salute You album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440).

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TuneLit has not measured this record. The tuning comes from community sources, at concert pitch unless they say otherwise.

The follow-up to Back in Black, again produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and AC/DC's first No. 1 album in the United States. The guitars stay in E Standard: Angus Young's leads and Malcolm Young's open-chord rhythm parts sit in the first position, as on the album before it. None of its songs is on the compilation TuneLit measured, so start at A 440 and fine-tune by ear against the record if a riff sounds a shade off.

10 songs

Every song, ready to tune

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  1. 1. For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)

    E StandardCommunity

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  2. 2. Put the Finger on You

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  3. 3. Let's Get It Up

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  4. 4. Inject the Venom

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  5. 5. Snowballed

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  6. 6. Evil Walks

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  7. 7. C.O.D.

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  8. 8. Breaking the Rules

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  9. 9. Night of the Long Knives

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  10. 10. Spellbound

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What the labels mean

Measured
TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
Official
The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
Widely reported
Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
Community
From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
Disputed
Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.

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Questions

What tuning is For Those About to Rock We Salute You in?

AC/DC recorded For Those About to Rock We Salute You (1981) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), from community sources. Every song uses it.