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The Ultimate 1980s Guitar Tab Collection — 55 Songbooks for Just $12!
(A Massive $860 Value — Yours for Less Than the Price of One Songbook)

Learn to play like the legends with note-for-note transcriptions from the biggest names in ’80s rock and metal — AC/DC, Metallica, Van Halen, GNR, and many more.

Transport yourself back to the golden age of guitar with this massive 1980s guitar tab library — a must-have for any serious player or collector. You’ll get 55 complete songbook collections packed with iconic riffs, solos, and rhythms that defined a generation.

This is not a “greatest hits” sampler — these are full and accurate transcriptions in standard notation and tablature. Perfect for learning, performing, or just reliving the magic of the decade that rocked the hardest.

Features & Benefits

  • Full songbooks with complete transcriptions — no missing parts or watered-down tabs.

  • Tabs + standard notation — learn your way, whether by ear or by eye.

  • 55 authentic books — save hundreds of hours hunting down individual songs.

  • Immediate download — instant access on any PC or Mac.

  • A legendary lineup — from Van Halen to Metallica to Prince.

  • Huge value — $860+ worth of material for just $12.

  • Learn, jam, and relive the glory days of 1980s guitar gods.

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Inside this collection, you’ll find authentic transcriptions from:

✔ Bon Jovi – “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Wanted Dead or Alive”
✔ Metallica – “Fade to Black,” “Master of Puppets”
✔ AC/DC – “Back in Black,” “Highway to Hell”
✔ Van Halen – “Panama,” “Eruption”
✔ Guns N’ Roses – “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” “Welcome to the Jungle”

…plus 50 more full songbooks packed with chart-topping hits and hidden gems.

Here’s The Full List Of What You’ll Receive:

AC/DC

  • Back In Black
  • Flick Of The Switch
  • For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
  • Given The Dog A Bone
  • Guns For Hire
  • Have A Drink On Me
  • Hells Bells
  • Rising Power
  • Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
  • Shake A Leg
  • Shoot To Thrill
  • Who Made Who
  • You Shook Me All Night Long

A Flock Of Seagulls

  • I Ran
  • Messages
  • Space Age Love Song

Aerosmith

  • Angel
  • Cryin’
  • Dude
  • Janie’s Got A Gun
  • Love In An Elevator
  • Rag Doll
  • What It Takes

Bon Jovi

  • Bad Medicine
  • Born To Be My Baby
  • Livin’ On A Prayer
  • Runaway
  • Wanted (Dead Or Alive)
  • You Give Love A Bad Name

Guns N’ Roses

  • Sweet Child O’ Mine
  • Welcome To The Jungle
  • Nightrain
  • Patience
  • Paradise City
  • Mr. Brownstone
  • Used To Love Her
  • It’s So Easy
  • My Michelle
  • Rocket Queen
  • Out Ta Get Me
  • You’re Crazy

Dio

  • Don’t Talk To Strangers
  • Holy Diver
  • Rainbow In The Dark
  • Rock N Roll Children
  • Straight Through The Heart
  • The Last In Line
  • We Rock

Metallica

  • Am I Evil
  • And Justice For All
  • Battery
  • Creeping Death
  • Blackened
  • Dyers Eve
  • Eye Of The Beholder
  • Fade To Black
  • For Whom The Bell Tolls
  • Harvester Of Sorrow
  • Hit The Lights
  • Jump Into The Fire
  • Master Of Puppets
  • One
  • Ride The Lightning

Def Leppard

  • Hysteria
  • Pour Some Sugar On Me
  • Photograph
  • Love Bites
  • Animal
  • Too Late For Love
  • Rock Of Ages
  • Foolin’
  • Bringin’ On The Heartbreak
  • Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)

Van Halen

  • 5150
  • And The Cradle Will Rock
  • Best Of Both Worlds
  • Black And Blue
  • Cabo Wabo
  • Drop Dead Leggs
  • Finish What You Started
  • Hot For Teacher
  • I’ll Wait
  • Jump
  • Oh, Pretty Woman
  • Panama
  • Right Now
  • What Can’t This Be Love

U2

  • Angel Of Harlem
  • Bullet The Blue Sky
  • Desire
  • I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
  • In God’s Country
  • New Years Day
  • With Or Without You
  • Pride (In The Name Of Love)
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • When Love Comes To Town
  • Where The Streets Have No Name

Prince

  • Computer Blue
  • I Would Die For You
  • Kiss
  • Let’s Go Crazy
  • Little Red Corvette
  • Purple Rain
  • Sign O’ The Times
  • When Doves Cry
  • The Beautiful Ones
  • Alphabet Street

R.E.M.

  • Catapult
  • Driver 8
  • It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
  • Orange Crush
  • Radio Free Europe
  • Stand
  • The One I Love

Pat Benatar

  • Heartbreaker
  • Hit Me With Your Best Shot
  • We Belong

David Lee Roth

  • Big Trouble
  • Damn Good
  • Hot Dog And A Shake
  • I’m Easy
  • Just A Gigolo
  • Just Like Paradise
  • Shyboy
  • Tobacco Road
  • Yankee Road

Dire Straits

  • Expresso Love
  • Money For Nothing
  • Private Investigations
  • Romeo And Juliet
  • So Far Away
  • Twisting By The Pool
  • Walk Of Life
  • Your Latest Trick

George Thorogood and The Destroyers

  • Bad To The Bone
  • I Drink Alone
  • Move It On Over
  • One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
  • Who Do You Love

Joe Satriani

  • Always With Me Always With You
  • Brother John
  • Crushing Day
  • Echo
  • Hill Of The Skull
  • Ice 9
  • Lords Of Karma
  • Midnight
  • Satch Boogie
  • Surfing With The Alien

Scorpions

  • Big City Nights
  • Can’t Live Without You
  • No One Like You
  • Rhythm Of Love
  • Rock You Like A Hurricane
  • Still Loving You
  • The Zoo

Europe

  • Carrie
  • Cherokee
  • Heart Of Stone
  • Last Look At Eden
  • More Than Meets The Eye
  • Ninja
  • Open Your Heart
  • Prisoners In Paradise
  • Rock The Night
  • The Final Countdown

Iron Maiden

  • 2 Minutes To Midnight
  • Aces High
  • Can I Play With Madness
  • Caught Somewhere In Time
  • Children Of The Damned
  • Die With Your Boots On
  • Flight Of Icarus
  • Hallowed Be Thy Name
  • Invaders
  • Moonchild
  • Powerslave
  • Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
  • Run To The Hills
  • The Number Of The Beast
  • The Trooper
  • Wasted Years

Foreigner

  • Girl On The Moon
  • I Want To Know What Love Is
  • Juke Box Hero
  • Night Life
  • Urgent

Great White

  • House Of Broken Love
  • Once Bitten Twice Shy
  • Rock Me
  • Save Your Love
  • The Angel Song

INXS

  • Devil Inside
  • Mystify
  • Need You Tonight
  • Never Tear Us Apart
  • Original Sin
  • What You Need

Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

  • Bad Reputation
  • I Hate Myself For Loving You
  • I Love Rock N’ Roll

The Cars

  • Drive
  • Shake It Up
  • Tonight She Comes
  • Touch And Go
  • Why Can’t I Have You
  • You Might Think

The Cult

  • Edie Ciao Baby
  • Fire Woman
  • Lil’ Devil
  • Nirvana
  • Rain
  • She Sells Sanctuary

The Police

  • De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
  • Don’t Stand So Close To Me
  • Every Breath You Take
  • Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
  • Invisible Sun
  • King Of Pain
  • Message In A Bottle
  • Roxanne
  • Spirits In A Material World
  • Wrapped Around Your Finger

Rush

  • Afterimage
  • Digital Man
  • Distant Early Warning
  • Limelight
  • Lock And Key
  • Red Barchetta
  • Subdivisions
  • Superconductor
  • Territories
  • The Analog Kid
  • The Big Money
  • The Camera Eye
  • The Enemy Within
  • The Pass
  • The Spirit Of The Radio
  • Time Stand Still
  • Tom Sawyer
  • Turn The Page
  • Vital Signs
  • Witch Hunt
  • Yyz

Judas Priest

  • Bloodstone
  • Breaking The Law
  • Electric Eye
  • Living After Midnight
  • Love Bites
  • Metal Gods
  • Rock Hard Ride Free
  • The Hellion
  • The Sentinel
  • You’ve Got Another Thing Coming

Motley Crue

  • Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)
  • Dr. Feelgood
  • Girls Girls Girls
  • Home Sweet Home
  • Live Wire
  • Looks That Kill
  • Same Ol’ Situation
  • Smokin’ In The Boys Room
  • Too Young To Fall In Love
  • Wild Side

Night Ranger

  • Don’t Tell Me You Love M
  • Sister Christian
  • When You Close Your Eyes
  • You Can Still Rock In America

Journey

  • Any Way You Want It
  • Don’t Stop Believin’
  • Faithfully
  • Lights
  • Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’
  • Open Arms
  • Send Her My Love
  • Separate Ways
  • Stone In Love
  • Wheel In the Sky
  • Who’s Crying Now

John Mellencamp

  • Ain’t Even Done With The Night
  • Check It Out
  • Crumblin’ Down
  • Hurt So Good
  • Jack And Diane
  • Paper In Fire
  • Pink Houses
  • Play Guitar
  • Rain On The Scarecrow
  • R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A.
  • Small Town

Queen

  • Another One Bites The Dust
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  • Flash
  • Hammer To Fall
  • I Want It All
  • I Want To Break Free
  • Radio Ga Ga
  • Under Pressure

Ozzy Osbourne

  • Bark At The Moon
  • Close My Eyes Forever
  • Crazy Train
  • Dee
  • Diary Of A Madman
  • Flying High Again
  • Goodbye To Romance
  • I Don’t Know
  • Killer Of Giants
  • Mr. Crowley
  • Over The Mountain
  • Revelation (Mother Earth)
  • Shot In The Dar
  • Steal Away The Night
  • Suicide Solution

Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble

4.1.1
  • Change It
  • Cold Shot
  • Couldn’t Stand The Weather
  • Crossfire
  • Dirty Pool
  • Honey Bee
  • Lenny
  • Look At Little Sister
  • Love Struck Baby
  • Mary Had A Little Lamb
  • Pride And Joy
  • Riviera Paradise
  • Rude Mood
  • Scuttlebuttin’
  • Texas Flood
  • The House Is Rocking
  • Things I Used To Do
  • Tightrope
  • Tin Pan Alley
  • Voodoo Child
  • Wall Of Denial

Steve Vai

  • Eugene’s Trick Bag
  • Head Cuttin’ Duel
  • The Attitude Song
  • Viv Woman

Tesla

  • EZ Come EZ Go
  • Flight To Nowhere
  • Gettin’ Better
  • Hang Tough
  • Heaven’s Trail
  • Lady Luck
  • Lazy Days Crazy Nights
  • Love Song
  • Modern Day Cowboy
  • Party’s Over
  • The Way It Is

ZZ Top

  • Gimme All Your Lovin’
  • Got Me Under Pressure
  • Legs
  • Party On The Patio
  • Pearl Necklace
  • Planet Of Women
  • Rough Boy
  • Sharp Dressed Man
  • Sleeping Bag
  • Stages
  • Tube Snake Boogie
  • Velcro Fly

Billy Idol

  • Rebel Yell
  • Sweet Sixteen
  • White Wedding
  • Mony Mony

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

  • Don’t Come Around Here No More
  • Here Comes My Girl
  • I Won’t Back Down
  • The Waiting
  • You Got Lucky

Poison

  • Every Rose Has It’s Thorn
  • Fallen Angel
  • I Won’t Forget You
  • Nothin’ But A Good Time
  • Talk Dirty To Me
  • Your Mama Don’t Dance

Ratt

  • Back For More
  • Body Talk
  • I Want A Woman
  • Lack Of Communication
  • Lay It Down
  • Lovin’ You’s A Dirty Job
  • Round And Round
  • She Wants Money
  • Slip Of The Lip
  • Wanted Man
  • You’re In Love

Skid Row

  • 18 And Life
  • Big Guns
  • Here I Am
  • I Remember You
  • Sweet Little Sister
  • Youth Gone Wild

Twisted Sister

  • Captain Howdy
  • I Wanna Rock
  • Stay Hungry
  • The Price
  • We’re Not Gonna Take It
  • You Can’t Stop Rock N Roll

Cinderella

  • Coming Home
  • Don’t Know What You’ve Got Till It’s Gone
  • Gypsy Road
  • Long Cold Winter
  • Nobody’s Fool
  • Shake Me
  • Somebody Save Me

Dokken

  • Alone Again
  • Breaking The Chains
  • Dream Warriors
  • Heaven Sent
  • Into The Fire
  • It’s Not Love
  • Just Got Lucky
  • Mr. Scary
  • Unchain The Night

Quiet Riot

  • Cum On Feel The Noize
  • Mental Health (Band Your Head)
  • The Wild And The Young
  • Thunderbird

White Lion

  • Hungry
  • Little Fighter
  • Lonely Nights
  • Radar Love
  • Wait
  • When The Children Cry

Whitesnake

  • Fool For Your Loving
  • Give Me All Your Love
  • Here I Go Again
  • Is This Love
  • Slow An’ Easy
  • Still Of The Night

38 Special

  • Back To Paradise
  • Fantasy Girl
  • Hold On Loosely
  • If I’d Been The One
  • Like No Other Night
  • Rockin’ Into The Night
  • Somebody Like You

Stray Cats

  • Fishnet Stockings
  • Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie
  • Lonely Summer Nights
  • Rock This Town
  • Runaway Boys
  • Stray Cat Strut
  • Summertime Blues

Yngwie Malmsteen

  • As Above So Below
  • Black Star
  • Crying
  • Dreaming Tell Me
  • Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4
  • Now Your Ships Are Burned
  • Queen In Love

Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Higher Ground
  • Pretty Little Ditty
  • Stone Cold Bush
  • Subway To Venus

Bonuses

Bonus 1: Even More 1980s Tab…

  • 867-5309 by Tommy Tutone
  • Bang The Drum All Day by Todd Rundgren
  • Big Log by Robert Palmer
  • Big Love by Mr. Big
  • Blister In The Sun by Violent Femmes
  • Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley
  • Careless Whisper by George Michael
  • Could You Be Love by Bob Marley
  • Cover Me by Bruce Springsteen
  • Keep Your Hands To Yourself by The Georgia Satellites
  • Kokomo by The Beach Boys
  • La Bamba by Los Lobos
  • Maneater by Hall & Oates
  • The Ballad Of Jayne by L.A. Guns
  • The Boys Of Summer by Don Henley
  • Working For The Weekend by Loverboy
  • Turn Me Loose by Loverboy
  • Who Can It Be Now by Men At Work
  • Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
  • Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
  • Cliffs Of Dover by Eric Johnson
  • Back On The Chain Gang by The Pretenders
  • Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield
  • Hang Fire by The Rolling Stones
  • Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones

Bonus 2: Ultimate 80s Backing Tracks

  • High-quality MP3 jam backing tracks
  • Includes backing instrumentation (you add the guitar!)
  • Complete and accurate tab and music notation for all songs

Songs include:

  • Always With Me Always With You by Joe Satriani
  • Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) by Pink Floyd
  • Back In Black by AC/DC
  • Bad To The Bone by George Thorogood
  • Cold Shot by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen
  • Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
  • Dance The Night Away by Van Halen
  • Dirty Pool by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Drop Dead Leggs by Van Halen
  • Gimme All Your Lovin’ by ZZ Top
  • Got Me Under Pressure by ZZ Top
  • Keep Your Hands To Yourself by The Georgia Satellites
  • Legs by ZZ Top
  • Lenny by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Mary Had A Little Lamb by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Money For Nothing by Dire Straits
  • Mr. Crowley by Ozzy Osbourne
  • Pride And Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top
  • Talk Dirty To Me by Poison
  • Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC

Bonus 3: 1980s Chords And Lyrics

  • Livin’ On A Prayer by Bon Jovi
  • Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran
  • Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
  • When Doves Cry by Prince
  • I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) by Hall & Oats
  • Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses
  • You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC
  • Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey
  • With Or Without You by U2
  • Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles
  • Need You Tonight by INXS
  • Here I Go Again by Whitesnake
  • Come On Eileen by Dexy’s Midnight Riders
  • Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
  • Jessie’s Girl by Rick Springfield
  • Just Like Heaven by The Cure
  • Take On Me by A-Ha
  • Too Shy by Kajagoogoo
  • Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham
  • Burning Down The House by Talking Heads
  • Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie
  • Sister Christian by Night Ranger
  • Tainted Love by Soft Cell
  • Every Rose Has It’s Thorn by Poison
  • In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
  • 867-5309 / Jenny by Tommy Tutone
  • Janie’s Got A Gun by Aerosmith
  • Pride (In The Name Of Love) by U2
  • Love Shack by The B-52’s
  • London Calling by The Clash
  • Every Breath You Take by The Police
  • We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
  • Born In The U.S.A.
  • (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) by Beastie Boys
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics
  • You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) by Dead Or Alive
  • White Wedding by Billy Idol
  • I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock Of Seagulls
  • Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler
  • Mickey by Toni Basil
  • Jack & Diane by John Cougar Mellencamp
  • It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M.
  • I Love Rock N’ Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
  • Faith by George  Michael
  • Little Red Corvette by Prince
  • Call Me by Blondie
  • Word Up Cameo
  • Kiss by Prince
  • Addicted To Love by Robert Palmer
  • Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders
  • Wild Thing by Tone-Loc
  • Cars by Gary Numan
  • Start Me Up by Rolling Stones
  • Down Under by Men At Work
  • What I Like About You by The Romantics
  • Everybody Have Fun Tonight by Wang Chung
  • Working For The Weekend by Loverboy
  • Purple Rain by Prince
  • Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi
  • If I’d Been The One by .38 Special
  • Tunnel Of Love by Bruce Springsteen
  • Touch Of Grey by Grateful Dead
  • Graceland by Paul Simon
  • Should I Stay Or Should I Go by The Clash
  • Don’t You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds
  • Rock The Casbah by The Clash
  • Rio by Duran Duran
  • The River by Bruce Springsteen
  • The Boys Of Summer by Don Henley
  • The One I Love by R.E.M.
  • Once In A Lifetime by Talking Heads
  • Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
  • Please Don’t Go by KC & The Sunshine Band
  • Woman by John Lennon
  • Givin’ It Up For Your Love by Delbert McClinton
  • Ain’t Even Done With The Night by John Mellencamp
  • Stroke by Billy Squier
  • Twilight Zone by Golden Earring
  • Let’s Dance by David Bowie
  • You Got Lucky by Tom Petty

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FAQ

Q: How is this delivered?
A: You’ll receive a download link with all 55 songbooks in PDF format. Just download the file and start playing — no installation required!

Q: Are these real songbooks or just internet tabs?
A: These are official transcriptions or accurate reproductions, not crowd-sourced tab files. You’ll get note-for-note transcriptions as originally published.

Q: Will these work for beginners?
A: Absolutely. Some songs are more advanced, but many are perfect for intermediate players. And since you get 55 books, there’s something for every skill level.