Hell On High Heels Chords & Tabs
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HELL ON HIGH HEELS
As recorded by Pretty Maids
(From the 1999 Album ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH OVERDOING)
Transcribed by Sergio Miguélez(elmomias@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Ronnie Atkins & Ken Hammer
D5
x x 0 2 3 x
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
D5(type 2)
x 5 7 x x x
A/C#
x 4 7 x x x
B5(type 2)
x 2 4 x x x
G5(type 2)
3 5 x x x x
Bm
x 2 4 4 3 x
G
3 x 0 0 0 x
A
x 0 2 2 2 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'dist'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'dist'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'clean'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=125
D D/A Bm7
4/4
Gtr II
W W
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------5-----5---5-|-(5)----5-----5---5-|
|-----3-----3---3---|------3-----3---3---|
|-2-------2---------|----------2---------|
|-0-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------0-|-(0)--------------2-|
|-------------------|--------------------|
H.. E +H.. E
Gsus2 D5
W H.. E
|
/
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(5)----5-----5---5-|-(5)----5-----5---5-|
|------3-----3---3---|------3-----3---3---|
|----------2---------|----------2---------|
|--------------------|------------------0-|
|-(2)----------------|--------------------|
|------------------3-|-(3)----------------|
+H.. E +H.. E
D5 A5 B5
+H.. E +H.. E
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------5-----5---5-|-(5)----5-----5---5-|
|------3-----3---3---|------3-----3---3---|
|--2-------2---------|----------2---------|
|--0-----------------|--------------------|
|------------------0-|-(0)--------------2-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
H.. E +H.. E
G5
+H.. E +W
| | |
/ / /
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(5)----5-----5---5-|-(5)---5-----3---2--|
|------3-----3---3---|-----3-----3---3----|
|----------2---------|---------2----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-(2)----------------|--------------------|
|------------------3-|-(3)----------------|
+H.. E +W
Intro solo
G5 D5 A/C#
Gtrs I, II
~~~
E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q
|-------0-------2-||--14b15---14-----------|
|-3---3---2h3-5---||o-----------------17---|
|---2-------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| PM|
| W Q. E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------|
|-----------------||---7-------7-------7-7-|
|-5---------------||o--5-------5--5-5--5-4-|
|-3---------------||-----------------------|
1.
B5 G5
~~~ ~~~
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
|-15b17---15------14---|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-17b19---17------15----|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| PM| PM|
| +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(7)------7-------7-4-|-(4)------4-------4----|
|-(4)------4--4-4--4-2-|-(2)------2--2-2--2-5--|
|----------------------|--------------------3--|
2.
D5 B5 G5
~~~ ~~~
Q +E Q. Q Q. Q. E E
|-17b19--(17)-17------15----||------------------------17b19-|
|--------------------------o||--17b19---17---------15-------|
|---------------------------||------------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------------|
|--------------------------o||------------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------------|
|
| PM|
| +Q. E E E E E Q. S S E E E E
|---------------------------||-------------------------3----|
|--------------------------o||-------------------------3----|
|---------------------------||-------------------------0----|
|------------------------7--||---4---------------------0----|
|-(5)----------5-------5-5-o||---2-------x--x-/5-4--2-------|
|-(3)----------3--3-3--3----||-------------------------3----|
Verse
A Bm
+H. +Q W
|-(17)------(17)\--||-----------------|
|------------------||o----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|
|------------------||o----------------|
|------------------||-----------------|
|
| Gtr V
| +W Q. H +E
|--(3)-------------||-----------------|
|--(3)-------------||o-2----3----(3)--|
|--(0)-------------||--2----4----(4)--|
|--(0)-------------||--2----4----(4)--|
|------------------||o-0----2----(2)--|
|--(3)-------------||-----------------|
1.
G/D A A Bm G
Gtr V
Q. H +E Q. H E +Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|-------------------||
|-0----2----(2)-|-2----3----0-|-(0)--3---2---3---o||
|-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)----2---2---2--||
|-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)---------------||
|------0----(0)-|-0----2------|------------------o||
|---------------|-----------3-|-(3)---------------||
2.
$
A Bm G5 B5 D5 A5 G5
Gtr II
Q. H E +W Q. Q +Q E E E E E Q E S S
|-----------3-|-(3)--------||------------------|------------------|
|-2----3----3-|-(3)--------||o-----------------|------------------|
|-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||------------------|-------0-0--------|
|-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||--4----7--(7)\----|---2-2-0-0----x-x-|
|-0----2------|------------||o-2----5--(5)\----|---0-0--------x-x-|
|-----------3-|-(3)--------||------------------|-------3-3--------|
1. 2.
B5 A5 E5 G5 B5 A5 F#G5 F#G5
Q. H E E E Q E E Q Q. Q. E E +H. E E
|-------------|----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------o||---------------|---------------|
|-------------|----------0-0---||---------------|---------------|
|-4----2------|----------0-0---||-4----2--------|---------------|
|-2----0------|---2-2---------o||-2----0----4-5-|-(5)------4-5--|
|-------------|---0-0----3-3---||-----------2-3-|-(3)------2-3--|
Chorus
G5 D5 A/C# B5 G5
PM| PM PM| PM
+H.. E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E S S E E E E
|--------------||-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|--------------||o------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|--------------||-------------------|------------------|------------7s6-4-0-|
|------------7-||--(7)--7-----7---7-|-(7)--7-----7---4-|-(4)--4-x-x-------0-|
|-(5)--------5-||o-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-2-|-(2)--2-x-x-5s4-2---|
|-(3)----------||-------------------|------------------|------------------3-|
1. 2.
To Coda
D5 G5 A Bm
Gtr V
+H.. E W +W Q. H +E
|---------------||----------|------------||-----------------|
|--------------o||----------|------------||o-2----3----(3)--|
|-(0)-----------||-0--------|-(0)--------||--2----4----(4)--|
|-(0)--------7--||-0--------|-(0)--------||--2----4----(4)--|
|------------5-o||----------|------------||o-0----2----(2)--|
|-(3)-----------||-3--------|-(3)--------||-----------------|
+W
1.
G/D A A Bm G
Q. H +E Q. H E +Q E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|-------------------||
|-0----2----(2)-|-2----3----0-|-(0)--3---2---3---o||
|-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)----2---2---2--||
|-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)---------------||
|------0----(0)-|-0----2------|------------------o||
|---------------|-----------3-|-(3)---------------||
Bridge
2.
D.S. al Coda &
A Bm G5 G5 Asus4 A5
Gtr II
PM--------|
Q. H E +W H.. E +Q E E E E E E
|-----------3-|-(3)--------||-------------|-------------------|
|-2----3----3-|-(3)--------||-----------3-|-(3)---------------|
|-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||-0---------2-|-(2)---------------|
|-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||-0---------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0----2------|------------||-----------0-|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------3-|-(3)--------||-3-----------|-------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pretty_maids/hell_on_high_heels_tab.html ]
E5 G5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D/F# A5 E5 G5 E5
Gtr II
W W H.. E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------/5-||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| PM------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---2-2-2-2-5-5--2-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----0-0-0-0-3-3--0-||
Guitar Solo
D5(typeD2) D5(A/C# 2) C# A/C# B5(type
Gtr III
Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / o / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II
~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~
Q. E E E E E +Q. S S E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-7----7-7h9s11-9-|-(9)---9-9-9h11-11b12-11-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
2) B B5(G5(type 2) G F# G5(D5(type 2)
+Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / o / / / / / o o / /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
+Q. S S E E A E E +Q. S S E E E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(11)---11-11-11h12-12s14-12-|-(12)---12-12-12h14-14s16---|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D5(type 2) D D5(A/C# 2) C# A/CB5(type
Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / o / / / / / o / / /
~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-15------17------15---|-----17-----15----17----|
|------14------14------|-14------14----14----14-|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
2) B B5(typG5(type 2)
+Q. E E E E E +W
| | | | | | |
/ / o / / / /
~~~~~~
|--3--|
E S S Q +E S S E E +Q E E E H
|---------------------------------17b19-17b19==|=(17)---17-15-14-15b17============|
|-17b19r17p15-17b19====(17)r17p15--------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| W H.. S S
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|--------------------------15-15---|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A5
Gtr IV
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
~~~~
H.. S S E E E E E E E E
|-17r--------------------14-14-|-14p12-12p10-10p=9--9h10-||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-15p==14-14p12-12p10-10-15-15-|-15p14-14p12-12p10-10h12-||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------||
Interlude
Bm G A Bm G A
Gtr V
Q. H E +W Q. H E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W +W
|-10-----------|-(10)--------|-(10)-----------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W +W
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|-12-----------|-(12)--------|-(12)-----------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------|-------------|----------------|
Bm G A G5
+W Q. H E +H.. E W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W H.. E +H.. E +H.. E
|-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-----------|-------------|------------5-|-(5)--------5-|-(5)--------5---|
|-----------|-------------|------------5-|-(5)--------5-|-(5)--------5---|
|-----------|-------------|------------3-|-(3)--------3-|-(3)--------3---|
D5
+H.. E +Q. E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|---------------7-|
|-(5)--------5-|-(5)-----------7-|
|-(5)--------5-|-(5)-----------5-|
|-(3)--------3-|-(3)---2-3-2-3---|
Pre-Chorus
A5 B5 G5
+H.. E +H.. E +H.. E
||---------------|--------------|----------------|
||o--------------|--------------|----------------|
||--(7)----------|--------------|----------------|
||--(7)--------7-|-(7)--------9-|-(9)--------5---|
||o-(5)--------7-|-(7)--------9-|-(9)--------5---|
||-------------5-|-(5)--------7-|-(7)--------3---|
D5 A/C#
PM| PM
+H.. E +Q E E E E E E
|---------------||-||-------------------|
|--------------o||-||o------------------|
|------------7--||-||-------------------|
|-(5)--------7--||-||--(7)--7-----7---7-|
|-(5)--------5-o||-||o-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-4-|
|-(3)-----------||-||-------------------|
B5 G5
PM| PM
+Q E E E E E E +Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------7s6-4-0--|
|-(7)--7-----7---4-|-(4)--4-x-x-------0--|
|-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-2-|-(2)--2-x-x-5s4-2----|
|------------------|------------------3--|
1.,2.,3. 4.=H
D5 G5
>
+H.. E 4x W +W +W
|---------------||----------|------------|--------*|
|--------------o||-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|-(0)-----------||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|-(0)--------7--||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|------------5-o||----------|------------|--------*|
|-(3)-----------||-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
