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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,        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
 
 
 
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 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
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 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.
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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 - 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]
 
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   | 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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