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From: barrett@athena.cs.uga.edu (Richard Barrett)

Subject: TAB: AC/DC -- Highway To Hell



>From RBARRETT@uga.cc.uga.edu Sat Feb  6 14:04:48 1993

To: barrett@athena.cs.uga.edu



Title: Highway To Hell

Artist: AC/DC



INTRO:

            A                 D/f#  G      D/f#  G     D/F#  G     D/F#   A

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B-----------2--2--2-----------3--3--3------3--3--3-----3--3--3------------2--2-

G-----------2--2--2-----------2--2--0------2--2--0-----2--2--0------2-----2--2-

D-----------2--2--2-----------0--0--0------0--0--0-----0--0--0------0-----2--2-

A-----------0--0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0-

E-----------------------------2--2--3------2--2--3-----2--2--3------2----------







A A A

              D D/F# G              D D/F# G

     Livin' easy,        livin' free,

D D/F# G       D/F#    A A

     Season ticket on a one way ride

A A A           D D/F# G             D D/F# G

     Askin' nothin,      leave me be.

  D D/F# G     D/F#   A A

     Takin' ev'rythin' in my stride.







     Don't need reason, don't need rhyme,

     Ain't nothin' i'd rather do.

     goin' down, party time.        E5  <-----instead of an A.

     my friends are gonna be there too.





Chorus

             A    A  A   D/A      G   --

    i'm on a highway to hell             Repeat

    D/F#     A    A  A   D/A      G

    on the   highway to hell          --





Additional verses



    no stop signs, speed limit,

    nobody's gonna slow me down.

    like a wheel, gonna spin it.

    nobody's gonna mess me around.



    Hey, satan, pay'n' my dues,

    playin' in a rockin' band.

    hey, momma, look at me.

    I'm on my way to the promised land.

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From: marbb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr D A Wood)

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Subject: TAB: Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Date: 5 Oct 1993 18:14:36 +0100

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As promised last week, here it is.



                                 Dave.





                        Highway to Hell

                        ---------------

                           AC/DC



                            



As has been posted already the main riff goes like:



E ---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------

B ---2---2---2---|---3---3---3----|---3---3---3----|---3---3---3----

G ---2---2---2---|---2---2---0----|---2---2---0----|---2---2---0----

D ---2---2---2---|---0---0---0----|---0---0---0----|---0---0---0----

A ---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------

E ---------------|---2---2---3----|---2---2---3----|---2---2---3----





E -----------|-------

B -------2---|---2---

G ---2---2---|---2---

D ---0---2---|---2---

A -------0---|---0---

E ---2-------|-------

 

 

The chorus then goes like this:



   on the    high - way   to hell



E ----2---|-------------------2----|--

B ----3---|---2---2---2---2---3----|--

G ----2---|---2---2---2---2---2----|--

D ----0---|---2---2---2---2---0----|--

A ----0---|---0---0---0---0---0----|--

E ----2---|------------------------|--

   

And the guitar solo bit : (after 'Don't stop me !')





E --2---3---3---2-----|--3---3---3---2----2----|------5-------------------

B --3---3---3---3-----|--3---3---3---3----3----|----5---------5-5------5--

G --3---3---3---3-----|--3---3---3---3----2--7b(9)------7b(9)-----7b(9)---

D --0---0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0----0----|--------------------------

A --0---0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0----0----|--------------------------

E --------------------|------------------------|--------------------------

  





E -----------------------------------|----------------|------------------------

B -5--------5--5-------5--5--7--(8)r7b(8)-------------|------------------------

G ----7b(9)------7b(9)-------7--(8)r7b(8)--5-----7---5b(6)---------------------

D -----------------------------------|--------7-------|-------4--(5)r4--2------

A -----------------------------------|----------------|-----X-------------3--0-

E -----------------------------------|----------------|------------------------





E ----------5-----------|----------5--X---------|----------------5--

B -------------5--------|----------5--X-----5---|-------------------

G -2--4b(6)------(6)r4--|-2--0-----------4b(5)--|---2--0--X--/2-----

D ----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------

A ----------------------|-------0---------------|-------------------

E ----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------

  





E ---------------------------|-

B -5-------------------------|-

G ---4--(5)r4--X/14--X/18\---|-

D ---------------------------|-

A ---------------------------|-

E ---------------------------|-



The trill bit at the end is just frets 12 and 15 on the top string.



Notation used:



    5b(7)  play at fret 5 and bend to fret 7

    (7)r5  play string already bent to fret 7 and release to fret 5

    4/6 and 6\4 slide up/down from..to

     X play muted string













================================================================================

|                                                                              |

|  Dave Wood     University of Warwick Mathematics Institute                   |

|                email marbb@csv.warwick.ac.uk                                 |

|                   or daw@maths.warwick.ac.uk                                 |

|                                                                              |

|" Standing in the rain with his head hung low                                 |

|  Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold-out show                               |

|  Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene                     |

|  Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream                         |

|  He heard one guitar, just blew him away                                     |

|  He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day                             |

|  Bought a beat up six-string, in a second-hand store                         |

|  Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure                            |

|  That one guitar felt good in his hands, didn't take long to understand      |

|  Just one guitar, swung way down low                                         |

|  Was a one way ticket, only one way to go " - Forigner, Juke Box Hero        |

|                                                                              |

================================================================================





From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)



 HIGHWAY TO HELL (AC/DC)

 ===============

  

 -- from AC/DC's _Highway_to_Hell_ (1979) 

   --rhythm guitar transcr. tcg, 1994 . . . 

       {WARNING!: "amateur version"--no professional tabs consulted}

   -- 4/4 // Key of "A5"(no 3rd) // Allegretto ["oh, sure! right!"]

   -- distortion pedal ON . . .

   -- start chords on UP-beat (and UP-pick): 

        count--(1 & 2 & 3)   &   4   &

                             UP DOWN UP

  

  

 %PART V-1 [Intro, Verse]--              [*

  A5              D/F# G5         D/F# G5  D/F# G5      A5

 -----.-||-------------.-|-------------.-|------.--------|-.------------.--||

 -------||---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||

 -2-2-2-||o--------------|---------------|-------------2-|-2--------2-2-2-o||

 -2-2-2-||o------------5-|-------------5-|------5------2-|-2--------2-2-2-o||

 -0-0-0-||---------5-5-5-|---------5-5-5-|--5-5-5---5--0-|-0--------0-0-0--||

 -------||---------2-2-3-|---------2-2-3-|--2-2-3---2----|-----------------||

  & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 &3 & 4 &

  

 [*:: last time before Chorus: play PART V-2 instead...]

  

 %PART V-2 [end of Verse]

   D/F# G5  D/F#     E5                               -->to PART C-1(Chorus)

 |------------------|------------------|-----------------||

 |------------------|------------------|-----------------||

 |------------------|------------------|-----------------||

 |------5-----------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--||

 |--5-5-5----5------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--||

 |--2-2-3----2---0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--||

  1 & 2 & 3  & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

  

  

 **INTRO: [PART V-1 2x]

  

 **VERSE 1: [PART V-1 3x; 4th x, go to V-2{see E5 below}]

       Livin' easy, livin' free-- 

       Season ticket on a one-way ride--

       Askin' nothin'--leave me be-- 

       Takin' everything in my stride--

       Don't need reason, don't need rhyme--

       Ain't nothing that I'd rather do--

       Goin' down--party time--

       My friends are gonna {E5} be there, too-- [->PART C-1/Chorus 1]

  

  

 %PART C-1 [Chorus]--              [3 times]             [**     [*

   A5               D             G   D      A5        D             [to V-1]

 ||-------------------|----2-2----3---2----||----------2=|===2===|==2-------||

 ||-----------------3=|==3-3-3-3--3---3----||----------3=|===3===|==3-------||

 ||o--2---2---2--2--2=|==2-2-2-2--0---2---o||-2-2-2--2-2=|===2===|==2-------||

 ||o--2---2---2--2--0=|==0-0-0-0--0---0---o||-2-2-2--2-0=|===0===|==0-------||

 ||---0---0---0--0----|--------------------||-0-0-0--0---|-------|----------||

 ||-------------------|-----------3--------||------------|-------|----------||

      1   2   3  4  &    1 & 2 &  3   4       1 2 3  4 &---1234----123

  

 [*:: end of 2nd Chorus, go to PART C-2 from here...]

 [**:: middle of 3th Chorus, go to Part C-3 from here...]

  

 **CHORUS 1: [PART C-1]

       I'm on a Highway to Hell-- On the Highway to Hell--

       Highway to Hell-- On the Highway to Hell--

  

 **VERSE 2: [a` la Verse 1]

       No stop signs-- speed limit--

       Nobody's gonna slow me down--

       Like a wheel, gonna spin it--

       Nobody's gonna mess me around--

       Hey, Satan--payin' my dues--

       Playin' in a rockin' band--

       Hey, mama, look at me--

       I'm on my way to the {E5} Promised Land--  [oh, poor Bon Scott!...]

  

 **CHORUS 2: [PART C-1-->C-2]

       I'm on a Highway to Hell-- Highway to Hell--

       I'm on the Highway to Hell-- Highway to Hell-- 

       [to PART C-2] --Don't stop now--

  

 %PART C-2 ["tag" to Chorus2]--

    D     G     D                         D     G     D        G    D   G

 |--2-----3-----2===|======2-----------|--2-----3-----2===|=2--3----2---3---||

 |--3-----3-----3===|======3-----------|--3-----3-----3===|=3--3----3---3---||

 |--2-----0-----2===|======2-----------|--2-----0-----2===|=2--0----2---0---||

 |--0-----0-----0===|======0-----------|--0-----0-----0===|=0--0----0---0---||

 |------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||

 |--------3---------|------------------|--------3---------|----3--------3---||

    1 & 2 & 3 & 4---------1234            1 & 2 & 3 & 4&----1  &2&  3   4

                       "--Don't stop now--"

  

 **LEAD TACIT [played over PART C-1]

   (I woulda trancribed Angus's lead, but I thought, hell, YOU can do just

     as well, jammin' on the A pentatonic minor scale! . . . Of course, a

       Gibson SG would help!)

  

 **CHORUS 3: [PART C-1-->C-3]

       I'm on a Highway to Hell-- On a Highway to Hell--

       I'm on a Highway to Hell-- On a Highway to[stutter-pause: PART C-3]

  

  

 %PART C-3 [stutter-pause in middle of 3rd Chorus]--

  A5             D  [lead gu. descending smear]

 |---------------.--|------------------|

 |---------------3--|-\-\-\------------|

 |--2--2--2---2--2--|--\-\-\-----------|

 |--2--2--2---2--0--|---\-\-\----------|

 |--0--0--0---0--0--|----\-\-\---------|

 |------------------|------------------|

    1  2  3   4  &

   "High__way  to--"[stop]

  

 **CHORUS 3 (continued) [PART C-1...]

                     

       Highway to Hell--{I'm on a Highway to Hell}Highway to Hell--

       {Highway to Hell}Highway to Hell--{Highway to}Highway to Hell

 [after Held-D chord:] 

       And I'm goin' down-- all the way--

  

 [then--A5 thirty-second-note extended strum (cliche 70's coda)]

  

       I'm on the Highway to Hell.

  

 [then--single staccato A5]



  *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*

  | Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion)  |

  * ------------------------------- _-^-_ ------------------------------- *

  | "--If I decide to practice a   / o )=\    slight movement from right  |

  *  to left . . . or from left   {   /===}    to right . . . it's        *

  |     nobody's business but my   \ (=o=/    own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_)  |

  *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*




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