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 --†
i'm on a highway to hell Repeat
D/f# A A A D/A G
on the highway to hell --†
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.
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Another version:
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Highway to Hell
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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
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... and another...
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/ac_dc/highway_to_hell_tab_ver_3.html ]
HIGHWAY TO HELL (AC/DC)
===============
%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]
