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[A] Riding down the highway Going to a show Stop in all the by-ways Playing rock 'n' roll Getting robbed Getting stoned Getting beat up Broken boned Getting had Getting took I tell you folks, it's harder than it looks Chorus: It's a [A]long way to the [G]top if you wan[D]na rock 'n' [A]roll x 2 If you [A]think it's easy doing one night stands [D] Try playing in a rock 'n' roll band It's a [G]long way to the [D]top if you wanna to rock 'n' [A]roll Break: [A] [G] [D] [A] x 4 [A] Quiet Hotel, motel Make you want to cry Lady do the hard sell Know the reason why Getting old Heavy Getting grey Getting ripped off Under paid Getting sold Second hand That's how it goes, playing in a band Chorus: It's a [A]long way to the [G]top if you wan[D]na rock 'n' [A]roll x 2 If you [A]wanna be a star of stage and screen [D] Look out, it's rough and mean It's a [G]long way to the [D]top if you wanna to rock 'n' [A]roll x 4 It's a long way Repeat & ad-lib AC/DC - It's a Long Way To the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) Tabbed by Jason Kester <jkester@sea.ms.ch2m.com> This is an easy song that nobody can seem to figure out how to play because it's so far out of tune. I guess you cant really tune a bagpipe, so they had to tune to it. Anyway, tune down a quarter step (yeah, half a fret...) and then tweak it until it sounds right. Intro: (Guitar 1) +-------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------- +---4..4----4-----4..4----4-----4..4----4-----4..4----4-------------- +-0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2---0-2..2--X-2-------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------- Fill (Guitar 2) +------------------- +------------------- +----------------4....... +---4..4-------2-4....... +-0-2..2--X-2H4--2....... +------------------- After a while, Guitar 2 changes to this rhythm part: +-------------- +-------------- +-------------- +-4-4..4--2-4-- +-0-2..2--2-2-- +-------------- p Fill: +------7--X-7.. Guitar 1 +------7----7.. +-------------- +-4-4..4--2-4-- Guitar 2 +-0-2..2--2-2-- +-------------- Chorus: +------------------- +------------------------------------------------- +------------------- +------------------------------------------------- +-4......2...4..----OR+-----9------------------------------------------- +-4......2...2..---- +-9-7-9------------------------------------------- +-2......0...------- +-9-7-7------------------------------------------- +------------------- +-7-5(0)------------------------------------------ Bridge: +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------9-----------9--------------------------------------------------- +-9-----9-------7---9---9----------------------------------------------- +-9-----7-------7---7---9----------------------------------------------- +-7-------------5-------7----------------------------------------------- Then comes the solo. The bagpipe part goes: +----7~~-- +--------- +-7H8----- +--------- +--------- +--------- That's about it. It's pretty easy. The solo is in the 7th position. The System: --2H4-- Hammer on --4P2-- Pull off --2S4-- Slide --2..-- Let Ring --2..2- Let Ring, then hit again --2~~-- Vibrato --0-0-- Palm Mute p p --0-0-- Up & Down Picking U D --0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-2-0-0-3-0-0-2H3-- Metallica p.......................... D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D The spacing of the notes kind of reflects the timing of the song, but not very well. Jason Kester <jkester@sea.ms.ch2m.com>