Highway To Hell tab by AC/DC

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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            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






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|                                       |
| 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    |
|                                       |
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 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]

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 | Thomas C. Gannon | tgannon@charlie.usd.edu | U of SoDak (Vermillion) |
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 * to left . . . or from left  {  /===}  to right . . . it's    *
 |   nobody's business but my  \ (=o=/  own." (_A_Day_for_Eeyore_) |
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