Back In Black

How to play Back In Black by AC/DC on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 7 you play A, G, D, Am, E, C and more, the shapes the player above shows.

Back In Black is a classic riff-driven song that feels tight, punchy, and fun to lock into. You get a strong rock groove right away, and the repeating pattern makes it satisfying to play once it clicks.

You can lean on the open shapes E and D here, so the left hand stays fairly manageable. The main thing to watch is the quick back-and-forth change between E and D, since that switch drives the opening progression and needs to stay clean.

Start by looping E - D - E - D very slowly until the movement feels automatic. Then bring it up in small steps toward the full tempo, keeping each change even. Once the shape shift feels solid, play along with the track and focus on staying steady.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.