Ac Dc - Its A Long Way To The Top

Song: It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)

By: AC/DC

Album: TNT



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-----

+---------

+---------

+---------





The solo is in the 7th position.





[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





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.