“For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)” was released as the second and last single off of For Those About To Rock. The epic rocker is an ode to every rock n' roller in the world and one of AC/DC’s signature songs. The title and central lyric of the song are based on an ancient salute used by Roman...
[Intro]
Oh, yeah, yeah
Yeah, oh
Oh, oh
We roll tonight
To the guitar bite
Yeah, yeah
Oh
[Verse 1]
Stand up and be counted
For what you are about to receive
We are the dealers
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 living for today
[Chorus]
For those about to rock, we salute you
For those about to rock, we salute you
[Verse 2]
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]
For those about to rock, we salute you
For those about to rock, we salute you
For those about to rock, we salute you, yes, we do
For those about to rock, we salute you
Oh, salute
[Guitar Solo]
Oh, yeah
Oh, yes
Load up
[Verse 3]
We're just a battery for hire with a guitar fire
Ready and aimed at you
Pick up your balls and load up your cannon
For a twenty-one gun salute
[Bridge]
For those about to rock— fire
(We salute you)
Oh, for those about to rock
(We salute you)
Oh, those about to rock— fire
(We salute you)
Oh— fire
We salute you
We salute you
Come on
Oh
[Outro]
For those about to rock, we salute you
For those about to rock, we salute you
For those about to rock, we salute you
For those about to rock, oh, we salute you
Shoot, shoot
Shoot, shoot
Oh, for those who give and those who take
Doing your time and those on the rank
We salute you, yeah
We salute you
We salute you
We salute you
Fire!
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) was written by Brian Johnson & Malcolm Young & Angus Young.
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) was produced by Robert John Lange.
AC/DC released For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) on Mon Nov 23 1981.