AC/DC - "its a long way" Tablature

From: "Kester, Jason/SEA" <JKester@sea.ms.ch2m.com>
Subject: Tab: AC/DC - It's a long way to the top
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 95 15:50:00 PDT


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>