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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,        ...
D D/F# G       D/F#    A A
     Season ticket on a ...
A A A           D D/F# G             D D/F# G
     Askin' nothin,      ...
  D D/F# G     D/F#   A A
     Takin' ev'rythin' in ...



     Don't need reason, ...
     Ain't nothin' ...
     goin' down, ....E5  <-----instead of an A.
     my friends are gonna ....


Chorus
             A    A  A   D/A      G   --º
    i'm on a ...Repeat
    D/F#     A    A  A   D/A      G
    on the   .....--º


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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 ---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 - ....

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, ...
       Season ticket on a ...
       Askin' nothin'--...
       Takin' everything ...
       Don't need reason, ...
       Ain't nothing that ....
       Goin' down--...
       My friends are....{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 ....
       Highway to Hell-- On ....
  
 **VERSE 2: [a` la Verse 1]
       No stop signs....
       Nobody's gonna ...
       Like a wheel, ...
       Nobody's gonna ....
       Hey, Satan--....
       Playin' in a ....
       Hey, mama, ....
       I'm on my way ....{E5} Promised ....[oh, poor Bon Scott!...]
  
 **CHORUS 2: [PART C-1-->C-2]
       I'm on a Highway ...
       I'm on the Highway to ....
       [to PART C-2] --Don't ...
  
 %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....
       I'm 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 ....
       {Highway to Hell}Highway to ....
 [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 ....
  
 [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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