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HIGHWAY TO HELL (AC/DC)
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-- 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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| Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |
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