Highway To Hell
View chords used in this chart
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.
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From: marbb@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr D A Wood)
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Subject: TAB: Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Date: 5 Oct 1993 18:14:36 +0100
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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
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| |
| 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 |
| |
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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) |
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| "--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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How to play Highway To Hell
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.