Highway To Hell by Ac Dc

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--2G-----------2--2--2-----------2--2--0------2--2--0-----2--2--0------2-----2--2D-----------2--2--2-----------0--0--0------0--0--0-----0--0--0------0-----2--2A-----------0--0--0-------------------------------------------------------0--0E-----------------------------2--2--3------2--2--3-----2--2--3------2----------

A A A
Livin'
D D/F# G
Season
A A A
Askin'
D D/F# G
Takin'

D D/F# G
D D/F# G
easy,
livin' free,
D/F#
A A
ticket on a one way ride
D D/F# G
D D/F# G
nothin,
leave me be.
D/F# A A
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
i'm on a highway
D/F#
A
A
on the highway

A
to
A
to

D/A
hell
D/A
hell

--
Repeat

G
--

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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Subject: TAB: Highway to Hell - AC/DC
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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
G
D
A
E

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

E
B
G
D
A
E

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

The chorus then goes like this:

on the
E
B
G
D
A
E

high - way

to hell

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

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

E
B
G
D
A
E

--2---3---3---2-----|--3---3---3---2----2----|------5--------------------3---3---3---3-----|--3---3---3---3----3----|----5---------5-5------5---3---3---3---3-----|--3---3---3---3----2--7b(9)------7b(9)-----7b(9)----0---0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0----0----|---------------------------0---0---0---0-----|--0---0---0---0----0----|---------------------------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------

E
B
G
D
A
E

-----------------------------------|----------------|------------------------5--------5--5-------5--5--7--(8)r7b(8)-------------|---------------------------7b(9)------7b(9)-------7--(8)r7b(8)--5-----7---5b(6)-------------------------------------------------------|--------7-------|-------4--(5)r4--2----------------------------------------|----------------|-----X-------------3--0-----------------------------------|----------------|------------------------

E
B
G
D
A
E

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

E
B
G
D
A
E

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

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

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| Dave Wood
University of Warwick Mathematics Institute
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email marbb@csv.warwick.ac.uk
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or daw@maths.warwick.ac.uk
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|" Standing in the rain with his head hung low
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| Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold-out show
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| Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene
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| Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream
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| He heard one guitar, just blew him away
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| He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day
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| Bought a beat up six-string, in a second-hand store
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| Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure
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| That one guitar felt good in his hands, didn't take long to understand
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| Just one guitar, swung way down low
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| Was a one way ticket, only one way to go " - Forigner, Juke Box Hero
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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]
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to right . . . it's
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