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Big Balls - AC/DC

Intro: (Softly)
  E      E D# D C   C D D# E     E D# D C    C D D# E     E D# D C  
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--9------9-8-7-5----5-7-8-9----------------------------------------
--7------7-6-5-3----3-5-6-7------Similarly-------------------------
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               (Hard)
  C   D   D    B B B B B
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---------------4-4-4-4-4.------------------------------------------
--5-/-7---7-\--4-4-4-4-4.------------------------------------------
--3-/-5---5-\--2-2-2-2-2.------------------------------------------
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1st Verse (all verses SPOKEN - as in all great poetry)

E (let ring)                      C (let ring)
Well I'm upper-upper class high society,
E (let ring)              C (let ring)
Gods' gift to ballroom noteriety,
E (let ring)                      C (let ring)
And my ballrooms always filled - the event is never small,
D (let ring)                      B  B    B     B  B
The social pages say I've got the biggest balls of all.


Chorus
All chords stoccato (i.e jab then rest) until last line.
(Refer below for chord riff details)

E (chord riff)           C#m (chord riff)
I've GOT big balls,      I've GOT big balls,
They're SUCH big balls, they're DIRTY big balls,
And HE's got big balls, and SHE's got big balls,

    C     C   C   D  D      A     A  A    B
BUT WE'VE GOT THE BIGGEST - BALLS OF THEM ALL.


2nd Verse
E                                 C
And my ballrooms always bouncing, and my ballrooms always full,
E                                 C
And everybody comes and comes again.
E                                    C
If your name is one the guest list - no one can take you higher,
D                       B  B  B     B  B
Everybody says I've got great balls of fire.

Chorus

3rd Verse
E                                 C/E
Some balls are held for charity,  and some for fancy dress,
E                                    C/E
But when they're held for pleasure - they're the balls that I like best.
E                              C/E
My balls are always bouncing - from the left and to the right,
D/F#                                    B  B    B  B  B
It's my belief that my big balls should be held every night.



Chorus
Fade out to chants of "Ball-sucker,Ball-sucker" 
(at least that's what the kids said when I was at school)


FINE DETAILS
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Basically you can use whatever chord positions you like.
For the unadventurous all barre chords or all open chords will suffice.

Hovever the following are my preferances for recreating the sound of this
subtle and beautiful piece.
In general a biting, trebly sound is desired - so pick viciously and emhasize
the treble strings.  The intro should sound more mellow.

The chorus has a chord riff like this (stoccato)
The (D) is an optional passing note. 

E   E   E  E (D) C#m C#m C#m   C#m (D)  (repeat)       

Played ala:

  E    E    E   E  (D)  C#m
------------------------4--------------------------------------
--5----5----5---5-------5--------------------------------------
--4----4----4---4-------6--------------------------------------
--2----2----2---2---0---6--------------------------------------
------------------------4--------------------------------------
------------------------------Similarily-----------------------

Verse
E    XX245X
C    X3555X
D    XX0232
B    X2444X
D/F# 2X0232  (optional bass note)
C/E  03555X  (optional bass note)

Chorus
E    XX245X
C#m  X46654
C    X3555X
D    X5777X
A    X0222X
B    X2444X


AC/DC albums
2000 Stiff Upper Lip
1995 Ballbreaker
1990 The Razor's Edge
1988 Blow Up Your Video
1986 Who Made Who
1985 Fly On The Wall
1984 '74 Jalbreak
1983 Flick of the Switch
1981 For Those About To Rock
1980 Back in Black
1979 Highway To Hell
1978 Powerage
1977 Let There Be Rock
1976 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1976 High Voltage
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap tabs
01Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap tabbass tab
03Big Balls tabbass tab
04Rocker tabbass tab
05Problem Child tabbass tab
06There's Gonna Be Some Rockin' tabbass tab
07Ain't No Fun (Waitin' Round To Be A Millionaire) tabbass tab
08Ride On tabbass tab
09Squealer tabbass tab

 

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