#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From JKester@sea.ms.ch2m.com Fri Oct 6 20:37:24 1995 Received: from post-office.nevada.edu (root@post-office.nevada.edu [131.216.1.11]) by mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu (8.6.12/8.5) with ESMTP id PAA37701; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 15:37:17 -0500 Received: from ds9.ch2m.com (ds9.ch2m.com [130.77.4.78]) by post-office.nevada.edu (8.6.12/8.6.4) with ESMTP id NAA29845 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 13:36:37 -0700 Received: from smtpgate (smtpgate.ch2m.com [130.77.4.228]) by ds9.ch2m.com (8.6.4/8.6.4) with SMTP id OAA16919 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 1995 14:45:17 -0600 Received: by smtpgate with Microsoft Mail id <3075A2AD@smtpgate>; Fri, 06 Oct 95 14:42:05 PDT From: "Kester, Jason/SEA" To: Guitar Subject: Tab: AC/DC - It's a long way to the top Date: Fri, 06 Oct 95 13:33:00 PDT Message-ID: <3075A2AD@smtpgate> Encoding: 103 TEXT X-Mailer: Microsoft Mail V3.0 Status: RO AC/DC - It's a Long Way To the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) Tabbed by Jason Kester 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