#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# HIGHWAY TO HELL As recorded by Iced Earth (From the 1999 Album TRIBUTE TO THE GODS) Transcribed by Cristiano Words and Music by Ronald Scott, Angus Young and Malcolm Young Ax (x02220@1)0 2 2 2 x D/F# 2 x x 2 3 2 G53 (355xxx@1)x 0 0 3 x E50 (022xxx@1)2 2 x x x D5x (xx023x@1)x 0 2 3 x D5/A x 0 0 2 3 x G5(type 2) 3 x 0 0 3 3 A5x (x022xx@1)0 2 2 x x A6x (x04xxx@1)0 2 2 2 2 Dx (xx0232@1)x 0 2 3 2 G5/D x x 0 0 x x Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar 1' Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Guitar 2' Intro Q=120 A5 (x022xx@1) F#5G5 F#5G5 4/4 Gtr I H EE EE H EE EE H EE EE |--------------||---------------|--------------| |--------------||o--------------|--------------| |--------------||---------------|--------------| |--------2-2-2-||---------------|--------------| |--------0-0-0-||o--------5-5-5-|--------5-5-5-| |--------------||---------2-2-3-|--------2-2-3-| F#5G5 F#5A5 EE EE EE EE q Q EE EE |-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|----------------o|| |-----------------|-----------------|| |---------------2-|-2-------2-2-2---|| |---5-5-5---5---0-|-0-------0-0-0--o|| |---2-2-3---2-----|-----------------|| Verse 1 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5A5 H EE EE H EE EE EE EE EE EE q Q EE EE |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|---------------2-|-2-------2-2-2-| |--------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-----|---------------| F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5A5 H EE EE H EE EE EE EE EE EE q Q EE EE |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|---------------2-|-2-------2-2-2-| |--------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-----|---------------| F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5A5 H EE EE H EE EE EE EE EE EE q Q EE EE |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|---------------2-|-2-------2-2-2-| |--------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-----|---------------| F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5E E5 (022xxx@1) Gtrs I, II PM H EE EE H EE EE EE EE EE EE W |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------5-5-5-|--------5-5-5-|---5-5-5---5-----|-2----| |--------2-2-3-|--------2-2-3-|---2-2-3---2---0-|-0----| A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) D5G5 F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) PM +W H Q EE +Q Q Q Q 3x H Q EE |------------||--------------|----------------||-------------| |------------||o-----------3-|-(3)--3--------o||-----------3-| |------------||------------2-|-(2)--2---------||-----------2-| |------------||--2----2----0-|-(0)--0---------||-2----2----0-| |-(2)--------||o-0----0------|---------5--5--o||-0----0------| |-(0)--------||----------0---|---------3--2---||---------0---| Verse 2 A5 (x022xx@1) F#5G5 Gtr I +W +H +E EE E (022100@1) H EE EE |------------|------------------||--------------| |-(3)--------|-(3)----(3)-------||--------------| |-(2)--------|-(2)----(2)-------||--------------| |-(0)--------|-(0)----(0)-2-2-2-||--------------| |------------|------------0-0-0-||--------5-5-5-| |------------|------------------||--------2-2-3-| F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5A5 H EE EE EE EE EE EE q Q EE EE |--------------|-----------------|----------------| |--------------|-----------------|----------------| |--------------|-----------------|----------------| |--------------|---------------2-|-2-------2-2-2--| |--------5-5-5-|---5-5-5---5---0-|-0-------0-0-0--| |--------2-2-3-|---2-2-3---2-----|----------------| F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5A5 H EE EE H EE EE EE EE EE EE q Q EE EE |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|---------------2-|-2-------2-2-2-| |--------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-----|---------------| F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5A5 H EE EE H EE EE EE EE EE EE q Q EE EE |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------| |--------------|--------------|---------------2-|-2-------2-2-2-| |--------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-----|---------------| F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5G5 F#5E E5 (022xxx@1) Gtrs I, II PM H EE EE H EE EE EE EE EE EE W |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------------|--------------|-----------------|------| |--------5-5-5-|--------5-5-5-|---5-5-5---5-----|-2----| |--------2-2-3-|--------2-2-3-|---2-2-3---2---0-|-0----| Chorus A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) D5E G5F#5 A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) PM PM PM PM +W H Q EE +Q EE Q Q H Q EE |------------||-------------|----------------|-------------| |------------||-----------3-|-(3)--3---------|-----------3-| |------------||-----------2-|-(2)--2---------|-----------2-| |------------||-2----2----0-|-(0)--0---------|-2----2----0-| |-(2)--------||-0----0------|----------5--5--|-0----0------| |-(0)--------||---------0---|--------0-3--2--|---------0---| D5DsusG5EF#5 A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) D5E G5F#5 A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) PM PM PM +Q ES (022100@1)S Q Q H Q EE +Q EE Q Q H Q EE |------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------| |-(3)--3-----------|-----------3-|-(3)--3---------|-----------3-| |-(2)--2-----------|-----------2-|-(2)--2---------|-----------2-| |-(0)--0-----------|-2----2----0-|-(0)--0---------|-2----2----0-| |--------5-5-5--5--|-0----0------|----------5--5--|-0----0------| |--------0-2-3--2--|---------0---|--------0-3--2--|---------0---| DsuDsuD4 DsuDsuD4 Gtr I +W Q Q Q +Q +W Q Q Q +Q |------------|-3--3--2--(2)--|-(2)--------|-3--3--2--(2)--| |-(3)--------|-3--3--3--(3)--|-(3)--------|-3--3--3--(3)--| |-(2)--------|-2--2--2--(2)--|-(2)--------|-2--2--2--(2)--| |-(0)--------|-0--0--0--(0)--|-(0)--------|-0--0--0--(0)--| |------------|---------------|------------|---------------| |------------|---------------|------------|---------------| Guitar Solo DsuDsuD4 A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)E (022100@1) D5 (xx023x@1) Gtr II H Q EE +E EE E (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) E|-----------------||------5-5-----5-5-----5-| (022100@1)|-----------------||------5-5-----5-5-----5-| |------------7b9==||=(7)r-----7b9-----7b9---| |-----------------||------------------------| |-----------------||------------------------| |-----------------||------------------------| | | Gtr I | PM | Q Q H H Q E (022100@1) E|-3--3--2---------||------------------------| (022100@1)|-3--3--3---------||----------------------3-| |-2--2--2---------||----------------------2-| |-0--0--0---------||--2-----------2-------0-| |-----------------||--0-----------0---------| |-----------------||------------------0-----| D5E G5 (355xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)ED5 E (022100@1)E (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) EE E (022100@1) +Q +E +E EE EE |--5------5-5-----5-5---|--------------------------| |--5------5-5-----5-5-7-|-(7)--(7)b8==(7)r-5-------| |-----7b9-----7b9-----7-|-(7)--(7)b9==(7)r-5-7-7-5-| |-----------------------|--------------------7-----| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| | | PM PM | +Q EE Q Q H Q EE |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-(3)-----3-------------|------------------------3-| |-(2)-----2-------------|------------------------2-| |-(0)-----0-------------|--2---------------2-----0-| |-------------5-----5---|--0---------------0-------| |-----------0-3-----2---|----------------------0---| D5 (xx023x@1) EG5 F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) E (022100@1) D5 (xx023x@1) ~ +E EQ (022100@1) +E EE E (022100@1) Q E. +S E (022100@1)EE +E |------------------------------|--------------5-------------| |------------------------------|-----------------5-5----(5)-| |-(5)b5.5----------------------|-2--4b7==(4)r(4)---4pb5r(4)-| |---------7-4pb5r==(4)-2-------|----------------------------| |------------------------2b3p0-|----------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------| | | PM PM | +Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1)Q Q H Q E (022100@1) E|------------------------------|----------------------------| (022100@1)|-(3)-------3------------------|-------------------------3--| |-(2)-------2------------------|-------------------------2--| |-(0)-------0------------------|-2------------2----------0--| |-------------------5----5-----|-0------------0-------------| |----------------0--3----2-----|-------------------0--------| D5 (xx023x@1)EG5 F#5 (244xxx@1)A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1)E (022100@1) D5 (xx023x@1) PM ~ Q E (022100@1) EE EQ (022100@1) +E. +S Q EE S S E|------------5------|------------------------5-| (022100@1)|------------5---5--|-(5)----------------------| |--2-----------0-5--|-(5)b6==(5)r--------------| |------4b5----------|-------------7--5---4s7---| |----------0--------|------------------0-------| |-------------------|--------------------------| | | PM PM | +Q E (022100@1) EQ (022100@1) Q H Q E (022100@1) E|-------------------|--------------------------| (022100@1)|-(3)--3------------|------------------------3-| |-(2)--2------------|------------------------2-| |-(0)--0------------|--2-------------2-------0-| |------------5---5--|--0-------------0---------| |----------0-3---2--|--------------------0-----| Chorus D5DsF#5G5 F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E (022100@1)EE S S Q +Q +Q Q H |----------------------------||-------------------| |--5-------------------------||-------------------| |-----5---7s11-12b14===(12)--||-(12)r------------| |-------7--------------------||-------------------| |----------------------------||-------------------| |----------------------------||-------------------| | | PM | +Q ES (022100@1) S Q Q H Q EE |----------------------------||-------------------| |-(3)---3--------------------||-----------------3-| |-(2)---2--------------------||-----------------2-| |-(0)---0--------------------||---2--------2----0-| |---------5--5--5--------5---||---0--------0------| |---------0--2--3--------2---||---------------0---| D5 (xx023x@1) E (022100@1) G5 (355xxx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) ~~ E (022100@1)aE E (022100@1) +E E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1) Q eE H |---------14pb15r(14)-12----------|-------------------| |------------------------13-------|-------------------| |-------0-------------------14-14-|-14--12------------| |-----x---------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------| | | PM PM | +Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q Q H Q EE |---------------------------------|-------------------| |-(3)------3----------------------|---------------3---| |-(2)------2----------------------|---------------2---| |-(0)------0----------------------|--2-------2----0---| |----------------------5-----5----|--0-------0--------| |------------------0---3-----2----|-------------0-----| D5DsF#G5E (xx023x@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) ED5 ~~~~~ E (022100@1) E (022100@1)Q +E +E E (022100@1)E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+Q Q |-----12-12-----(12)-------(12)--------|-----------------------| |-----13-13-----(13)b13.5==(13)r-------|----17-17-17-(17)------| |--------------------------------14-14-|-14--------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------| |--------------------------------------|-----------------------| | | PM | +Q ES (022100@1)S Q Q H Q EE |--------------------------------------|-----------------------| |-(3)-----3----------------------------|---------------------3-| |-(2)-----2----------------------------|---------------------2-| |-(0)-----0----------------------------|--2------------2-----0-| |-----------5-5---5---------------5----|--0------------0-------| |-----------0-2---3---------------2----|-------------------0---| D5 (xx023x@1) EG5 F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) ED5/A (022100@1) TP E (022100@1) E (022100@1) +S +E. +S +S E (022100@1)E (022100@1)+E Q +Q +Q EE |--------------------------------------15---------|------------------------------| |-----15b17==(15)r(15)b17====(15)-(15)----15r(15)-|-15pb17===(15)--(15)r--------| |-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------xS==| |-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------xS==| |-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------xS==| | | PM PMTP | +Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1) Q Q H Q EE |-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-(3)----------3----------------------------------|--------------------------3S==| |-(2)----------2----------------------------------|--------------------------2S==| |-(0)----------0----------------------------------|--2---------------2-----------| |------------------------------5-----------5------|--0---------------0-----------| |--------------------------0---3-----------2------|------------------------0-----| G5F#5 A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) ED5 ~~~ W Q Q a (x02210@1) +Q E (022100@1)E|------------|----12-------(12)-------(12)--------| (022100@1)|------------|----13b13.5r=(13)b13.5==(13)r-------| |------------|---------------------------------14-| |-x----------|------------------------------------| |-x----------|------------------------------------| |-x----------|------------------------------------| | | TP PM | H Q Q H Q E (022100@1)E|------------|------------------------------------| (022100@1)|-x----------|----------------------------------3-| |-x----------|----------------------------------2-| |------------|-2------------------------2-------0-| |------5--5--|-0------------------------0---------| |------3--2--|-------------------------------0----| D5E G5F#5 A5 (x022xx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) E (022100@1) D5 (xx023x@1)~~~~~~ ~~ +Q Q H Q Q +E +E E (022100@1) E|-----------------|--------------------------------| (022100@1)|-----------------|--------------------------------| |-(14)------------|----17--(17)b18==(17)r-17b18-14-| |-----------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------|--------------------------------| | | PM PM | +Q EE Q Q H Q E (022100@1) E|-----------------|--------------------------------| (022100@1)|--(3)--3---------|------------------------------3-| |--(2)--2---------|------------------------------2-| |--(0)--0---------|-2--------2-------------------0-| |-----------5--5--|-0--------0---------------------| |---------0-3--2--|------------------------0-------| D5 (xx023x@1) DsF#G5E F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) ~~~~ ~~ +Q Q E (022100@1) E (022100@1)E (022100@1)e (022000@1) Q E (022100@1) EQ (022100@1) E (022100@1)E|-------------------------------|-----------------------| (022100@1)|-------17b19======17r----------|--------------------3s| |-(14)-----------------17----14-|-14--17b17.5-----------| |-------------------------16----|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------| | | PM | +Q E (022100@1) S S Q Q H Q E (022100@1)E|-------------------------------|-----------------------| (022100@1)|--(3)---3----------------------|---------------------3-| |--(2)---2----------------------|---------------------2-| |--(0)---0----------------------|--2------------2-----0-| |--------------5-5--5------5----|--0------------0-------| |--------------0-2--3------2----|------------------0----| D5E G5 (355xxx@1)F#5 (244xxx@1) A5 (x022xx@1) A5E D5 (xx023x@1) ~~ E (022100@1) eE E (022100@1)Q E (022100@1)e (022000@1) Q E. +S Q E (022100@1)E|-----------------------|------------------------------| (022100@1)|-17--17---17-17--------|-----------------------20b22==| |-------------17--14----|-14--17b18==(17)r-------------| |--------------------16-|------------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------------| | | PM PM | +Q E (022100@1)E (022100@1)Q Q H Q E (022100@1)E|-----------------------|------------------------------| (022100@1)|-(3)----3--------------|------------------------3-----| |-(2)----2--------------|------------------------2-----| |-(0)----0--------------|--2---------------2-----0-----| |--------------5---5----|--0---------------0-----------| |-----------0--3---2----|---------------------0--------| Free Ending Time A5 (x022xx@1) Gtr II +W +W +W +W W |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-------*| |-(20)--------||-(20)--------|-(20)--------|-(20)r--------|-------*| |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-------*| |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-------*| |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-7----*| |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-5----*| | | +W +W +W +W W |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-------*| |--(3)--------||--(3)--------|--(3)--------|--(3)---------|-------*| |--(2)--------||--(2)--------|--(2)--------|--(2)---------|-------*| |--(0)--------||--(0)--------|--(0)--------|--(0)---------|-------*| |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-7----*| |-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|-5----*| 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 (x24432@1) - 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