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 --º i'm on a highway to hell Repeat D/F# A A A D/A G on the highway to hell --º 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. ======================================================================== 72 From sportiga@uoguelph.ca Tue Oct 5 15:25:10 1993 Received: from herman.cs.uoguelph.ca by snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (5.64/1.35) id AA03707; Tue, 5 Oct 93 15:25:10 -0400 Message-Id: <9310051925.AA03707@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca> Received: by herman.cs.uoguelph.ca (1.37.109.4/16.2) id AA18782; Tue, 5 Oct 93 15:26:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Oct 93 15:26:20 -0400 From: Steve L Portigal To: sportiga@herman.cs.uoguelph.ca Subject: (fwd) TAB: Highway to Hell - AC/DC Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Organization: Akbar and Jeff's Thesis Hut Reply-To: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca Status: O Path: nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!warwick!marbb From: marbb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr D A Wood) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Subject: TAB: Highway to Hell - AC/DC Date: 5 Oct 1993 18:14:36 +0100 Organization: Maths Institute, Warwick University, UK. Lines: 111 Distribution: world Message-ID: <28sa1s$46@emmental.csv.warwick.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: emmental.csv.warwick.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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_) | *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* ^-_=^ *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*