Kiss - Hotter Than Hell Chords & Tabs

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From: M C Vic Naughty 
Subject: TAB: KISS - Hotter Than Hell
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 14:33:03 -0500 (EST)

I figured I would update the tab of Hotter Than Hell that was already there.
originally by robs@violet.berkeley.edu (Rob Schenk)

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 dressed
    good, she         than           in satins
    looked ...          hell...             and lace . . .

     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 had to get
     her and it was...      clear...        on the case . . .

   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?   There's just
        can I --                      so much we could do . . .


   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 wide world . . .
     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,              Hotter than hell,
         

   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 ya well done . . . . (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 than hell,

    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 midday - sun - 

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 said you
        she couldn't      mind . . .       don't understand . . .


   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 should know . . .
      but there's one 


   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.

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Subject: Resubmission - TAB: Hotter Than Hell by KISS
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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 dressed
    good, she         than           in satins
    looked ...          hell...             and lace . . .

     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 had to get
     her and it was...      clear...        on the case . . .

   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?   There's just
        can I --                      so much we could do . . .


   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 wide world . . .
     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,              Hotter than hell,
         

   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 ya well done . . . . (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 than hell,

    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 midday - sun - 

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 said you
        she couldn't      mind . . .       don't understand . . .


   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 should know . . .
      but there's one 


   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-----|--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.