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Hotter Than Hell by Kiss

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Note about tuning: For some reason, this song is the only one on
the album Hotter Than Hell that is tuned one whole step below
standard pitch. All other songs for this album are one half step
below standard, and the live version of Hotter Than Hell on Alive!
is one half-step down also. Just be aware of this when you play
along with either the album or studio version.


Note values are written above the staff: w=whole note, h= half
q=quarter, e=eighth, etc. A rest will be followed by an ’r’.
’Ghost’ or ’grace’ notes (such as in bar 3 of riff 1) will be
noted by an *.
Lyrics will be under staff, as physically close to their rhythmic
placement in the song as ASCII will allow.

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Song is in 4/4.


Beginning (Riff 1)

   e e h.r   e e q.r s s s s s s   e e er * e e e q
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-o-------------|--3--3--------------------|------------------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2-----------2h5p2p0--|--2--2------------------|
|-o--2--2-------|--0--0-------2h5----------|--2--2-----5h7--7-7-7\--|
|----0--0-------|--------------------------|--0--0------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3----------------o-|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5----------o-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


Verse

   e e h.r   e e  h.r   e e  h.r   e e   h.r
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
|---------------|--3--3---------|--------------|--3--3-------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------|--2--2-------------|
|----2--2-------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------|--0--0-------------|
|----0--0-------|---------------|--0--0--------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
  She looked   hotter     ....
  good, she     than      ...
  looked ...     hell...

   e e  h.r  e e  h.r    e h+q.r
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--3--3-----------|-----------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2-----------|--2--------------|
|----2--2-------|--0--0-----------|--2--------------|
|----0--0-------|-----------------|--0--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  I looked at     much too     I .....
   her and it was...   .....

  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3------------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


   e e h.r   e e  h.r   e e  h.r
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--3--3---------|--------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------|
|----2--2-------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------|
|----0--0-------|---------------|--0--0--------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
  I said Lady   take ya home?  ....
    can I ....


  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3------------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


 e e qr e e qr   e e qr  e e qr
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-0--0------0--0------|--2--2-------2--2-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
 I’ll take ya all    whole ....
   around the . . .


  e e e e e e er e   (w)
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|--------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|-----------------2-----0--|--(0)---------|
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
  She blah blah blah -?-?-?- there . . .
    (Never could figure these out, sorry :)


Chorus

  e er e er e er e er   e er e er e er e er
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
     Hot, hot,       ....


  e er e er e er e er    e er e er e er e er
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------|
|--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------|
|--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
  Ya know she’s gonna
   leave ...... . . . (undone?)


  e er e er e er e er   e er e er e er e er
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
     Hot, hot,       Hotter ....
  h   h    w        h    h
|----------3----|-------------|------------3-------------|
|---3------3----|-------------|----3-------3-------------|
|---2------0----|--2----------|----2-------0-------------|
|---0------0----|--2----------|----0-------0-------------|
|----------2----|--0----------|------------2-------------|
|----------3----|-------------|------------3-------------|
  Burn ya like
    the .....


Guitar solo interlude
(Ace does solo I haven’t figured out, Paul plays this)

   e e h.r   e e q.r s s s s s s   e e er * e e e q
|--------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------|--3--3--------------------|------------------------|
|---2--2-------|--2--2-----------2h5p2p0--|--2--2------------------|
|---2--2-------|--0--0-------2h5----------|--2--2-----5h7--7-7-7\--|
|---0--0-------|--------------------------|--0--0------------------|
|--------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3-----------------|
|--3--3--3-----------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0---|
|--0--0--0---2h5-----------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|


Verse 2

   e e h.r     e e  h.r   e e  h.r
|--------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--3--3---------|--------------|
|----2--2------------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------|
|----2--2------------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------|
|----0--0------------|---------------|--0--0--------|
|--------------------|---------------|--------------|
  I asked her why   Make up her   She ....
    she couldn’t   .....


  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3------------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


 e e qr e e qr   e e qr  e e qr
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-0--0------0--0------|--2--2-------2--2-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
 I’d love to go     thing you ....
   but ....


  e e e e e e er e   (w)
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|--------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|-----------------2-----0--|--(0)---------|
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
 She -?-?-?- me all the way there
   (Sorry, don’t know this either :)

Do two choruses, then to the...
Guitar solo:

   e  e  e  e  e er e er   e  e e  e er e  q
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-o-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-o--12--14--14--12--14----14-----|--12--11--9--11-----12--12----|
|----10--12--12--10--12----12-----|--10---9--7---9-----10--10----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

  e  e  e  e  e er e er   e  e e  h+e
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------o-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--12--14--14--12--14----14-----|--12--11--9--/12--------o-|
|--10--12--12--10--12----12-----|--10---9--7--/10----------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|


Sorry I don’t know the solos, but maybe someone can appent this
transcription. The final solo is doubletracked in the studio, with
two separate solos going at once. Ace uses one of these for the
live version solo.

I am . . .
M C Vic - "That which does not kill me better run like hell."
gs01mcv@panther.gsu.edu
Check out the Skiptoe Home Page - If You Dare!!!!!!

The Awesome M C Vic Home Page is under construction:


From gs01mcv@panther.Gsu.EDU Thu Dec 7 14:18:04 1995
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When I sent this in last week I had an error in the solo section. Here it
is again with the error corrected.


Sorry :{

Hotter Than Hell - by Kiss
Original version on the album Hotter Than Hell (1974)
Words and music by Paul Stanley

Transcribed by Mark Vignati (gs01mcv@panther.gsu.edu)

Note about tuning: For some reason, this song is the only one on
the album Hotter Than Hell that is tuned one whole step below
standard pitch. All other songs for this album are one half step
below standard, and the live version of Hotter Than Hell on Alive!
is one half-step down also. Just be aware of this when you play
along with either the album or studio version.

Note values are written above the staff: w=whole note, h= half
q=quarter, e=eighth, etc. A rest will be followed by an ’r’.
’Ghost’ or ’grace’ notes (such as in bar 3 of riff 1) will be
noted by an *.
Lyrics will be under staff, as physically close to their rhythmic
placement in the song as ASCII will allow.

Song is in 4/4.

Beginning (Riff 1)

   e e h.r   e e q.r s s s s s s   e e er * e e e q
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-o-------------|--3--3--------------------|------------------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2-----------2h5p2p0--|--2--2------------------|
|-o--2--2-------|--0--0-------2h5----------|--2--2-----5h7--7-7-7\--|
|----0--0-------|--------------------------|--0--0------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3----------------o-|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5----------o-|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


Verse

   e e h.r   e e  h.r   e e  h.r   e e   h.r
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
|---------------|--3--3---------|--------------|--3--3-------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------|--2--2-------------|
|----2--2-------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------|--0--0-------------|
|----0--0-------|---------------|--0--0--------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
  She looked   hotter     all ...
  good, she     than      ...
  looked ....

   e e  h.r  e e  h.r    e h+q.r
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|--3--3-----------|-----------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2-----------|--2--------------|
|----2--2-------|--0--0-----------|--2--------------|
|----0--0-------|-----------------|--0--------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  I looked at     much too     I ....
   her and it was...   ....

  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3------------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


   e e h.r   e e  h.r   e e  h.r
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|--3--3---------|--------------|
|----2--2-------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------|
|----2--2-------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------|
|----0--0-------|---------------|--0--0--------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------|
  I said Lady   take ya home?  .....
    can I --           so ....


  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3------------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


 e e qr e e qr   e e qr  e e qr
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-0--0------0--0------|--2--2-------2--2-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
 I’ll take ya all    whole ....
   aroun...


  e e e e e e er e   (w)
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|--------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|-----------------2-----0--|--(0)---------|
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
  She blah blah blah -?-?-?- there . . .
    (Never could figure these out, sorry :)

Chorus

  e er e er e er e er   e er e er e er e er
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
     Hot, hot,       ....


  e er e er e er e er    e er e er e er e er
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------|
|--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------|
|--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
  Ya know she’s gonna
   leave ..... . . . (undone?)


  e er e er e er e er   e er e er e er e er
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
     Hot, hot,       Hotter....

  h   h    w        h    h
|----------3----|-------------|------------3-------------|
|---3------3----|-------------|----3-------3-------------|
|---2------0----|--2----------|----2-------0-------------|
|---0------0----|--2----------|----0-------0-------------|
|----------2----|--0----------|------------2-------------|
|----------3----|-------------|------------3-------------|
  Burn ya like
    the ....

Guitar solo interlude
(Ace does solo I haven’t figured out, Paul plays this)

   e e h.r   e e q.r s s s s s s   e e er * e e e q
|--------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------|--3--3--------------------|------------------------|
|---2--2-------|--2--2-----------2h5p2p0--|--2--2------------------|
|---2--2-------|--0--0-------2h5----------|--2--2-----5h7--7-7-7\--|
|---0--0-------|--------------------------|--0--0------------------|
|--------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3-----------------|
|--3--3--3-----------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0---|
|--0--0--0---2h5-----------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|


Verse 2

   e e h.r     e e  h.r   e e  h.r
|--------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--3--3---------|--------------|
|----2--2------------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------|
|----2--2------------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------|
|----0--0------------|---------------|--0--0--------|
|--------------------|---------------|--------------|
  I asked her why   Make up her   She ....
    she couldn’t   ....


  e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------|
|--3--3--3------------------|
|--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----|
|--0--0--0---2h5------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


 e e qr e e qr   e e qr  e e qr
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------|
|-0--0------0--0------|--2--2-------2--2-------|
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
 I’d love to go     thing you ...
   but ...


  e e e e e e er e   (w)
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|--------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--|--(2)---------|
|-----------------2-----0--|--(0)---------|
|-----------------3--------|--------------|
 She -?-?-?- me all the ....
   (Sorry, don’t know this either :)

Do two choruses, then to the...
Guitar solo:

   e  e  e  e  e er e er   e  e e e er e  q
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-o-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-o--12--14--14--12--14----14-----|--10--9--7--10-----12--12-----|
|----10--12--12--10--12----12-----|--8---7--5--8------10--10-----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|

  e  e  e  e  e er e er   e  e e  h+e
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------o-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--12--14--14--12--14----14-----|--10---9--7---/12-------o-|
|--10--12--12--10--12----12-----|--8----7--5---/10---------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|


Sorry I don’t know the solos, but maybe someone can appent this
transcription. The final solo is doubletracked in the studio, with
two separate solos going at once. Ace uses one of these for the
live version solo.

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