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HELL AIN'T A BAD PLACE TO BE
As recorded by AC/DC
(From the 1977 Album LET THERE BE ROCK)
Words and Music by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Angus Young (Lead Guitar)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Malcolm Young (Rhythm Guitar)'
Intro
Q=128 1.,2.,3.
G5 D/F# G5 D/F# G5 A5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +Q Q +E E +Q Q Q W +W 4x
||--3----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-2-(2)--3--2--|----------|---------||
||o-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)-3-(3)--3--3--|----------|--------o||
||--0----2-(2)--0--|-(0)-2-(2)--0--2--|-2--------|-(2)-----||
||--0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0-(0)--0--0--|-2--------|-(2)-----||
||o----------------|------------------|-0--------|-(0)----o||
||--3----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-2-(2)--3--2--|----------|---------||
4.
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|----------|------------|------------|--------|
Pre-Verse
1.
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 A7A A7A
Gtr I
E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||
||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--------------------|----------------|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||
||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||
||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
Verse 1
2.
A7A A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6
E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|----------------|
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-5-7-7-7------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|
|-0-0-0-0------||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2------||--------------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|
|-0-0-0-0------||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
A7A A7A A7A A7A
E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------|
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----|
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
Chorus
D5 G5 D5 G5 D5
Gtrs I, II
H. +E E +W W E E E E +E Q.
|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
|-3-------(3)-3-|-(3)--------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3----|
|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-2----|
|-0-------(0)-0-|-(0)--------|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0----|
|---------------|------------|----------|------------------|
|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
E A5 E G5
H. +E E +W H. +E E +W +W
|---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|-1-------(1)-2-|-(2)--------|-1-------(1)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)--------|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2-------(2)---|------------|--------|
|-0-------(0)---|------------|-0-------(0)-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
Pre-Verse
1.
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 A7A A7A
Gtr I
E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||
||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||
||--------------------|----------------|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||
||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||
||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||
||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
Verse 2
2.
A7A A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6
E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|----------------|
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|-5-7-7-7------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|
|-0-0-0-0------||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
|--------------||o-------------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2------||--------------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|
|-0-0-0-0------||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|
|--------------||--------------------|----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
A7A A7A A7A A7A
E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------|
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----|
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
Chorus
D5 G5 D5 G5 D5
Gtrs I, II
H. +E E +W W E E E E +E Q.
|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
|-3-------(3)-3-|-(3)--------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3----|
|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-2----|
|-0-------(0)-0-|-(0)--------|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0----|
|---------------|------------|----------|------------------|
|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
E A5 E G5
H. +E E +W H. +E E +W +W
|---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|-1-------(1)-2-|-(2)--------|-1-------(1)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)--------|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2-------(2)---|------------|--------|
|-0-------(0)---|------------|-0-------(0)-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
Guitar Solo
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------|-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------|-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5-----4-----5---|---4------5----------4---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-------0-------0-------|
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
A
~~~~~~~~~~~~PM--| ~
|-3-|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E E +Q H +E S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-(5)b5.5---|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-(5)b5.5---|-------------------7b9-7-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---5-(5)b5.5---|-7-------(7)-0h5h7-------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------------|-------------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM----------| PM-----------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2---------------------|-2-2-2-2-----------------|
|-2-------2-------2-------2---------------------|-2-2-2-2-----------------|
|-0-------0-------0-------0-------0-0--0------0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-----0---0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
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A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6
~ ~~~~~~~~
|-3-|
+Q E E +Q E E +E S S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------5---5-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------5-8-5---5---------------|
|-(7)---7b9-7-(7)---7b9-7-|-(7)-7-------7---5---7-5b5.5---|
|-------------------------|-------------------7---------7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM-| PM--| PM--| PM PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--5--------4-------5-----|-----4-------------5---4-------|
|--0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0-|--0--0---0---0-----0-0-0-----0-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
A
Q E E +E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|--------8b10==(8)r-8b10-8b10-8b10-|
|----------------------------------|
|-7\-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| PM------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0------0---0----0----0----|
|----------------------------------|
A
~~~~~
E Q. +E +E E S S
|-------------------------x-x-x-|
|-8b10-8b10======(8)r(8)\-x-x-x-|
|-------------------------x-x-x-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| PM--------|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-2----2-----2-2----------------|
|-2----2-----2-2----------------|
|-0----0-----0-0--0---0---0-0---|
|-------------------------------|
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6
E E Q E E Q E E Q E Q E
|-x-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-10-10\-------10-10\---|-----10-10\---/10-10---12-|
|-x----------/11----------|-/11----------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM--| PM-| PM PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5--------4---------5----|------4---------5----4----|
|-0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-|---0--0--0--0---0--0-0--0-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A
~~ ~~
+Q Q +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(12)---12---(12)r12\---13b15==|=(13)r---13-10-(10)-10\---15b17-|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| PM-------| PM-------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---2--2--2-2-------------------|---2---2--2--2------------------|
|---2--2--2-2-------------------|---2---2--2--2------------------|
|---0--0--0-0---0---0--0--0-----|---0---0--0--0---0---0--0--0----|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A7 A6 A7
~~~~
+Q +Q +Q E +S S
|---------------------------------|
|-(15)---(15)---(15)---15r(15)p13-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM-| PM
| E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---5---------4---------5---------|
|---0--0---0--0---0--0--0---0-----|
|---------------------------------|
A6 A7 A6
Q E E +E E E E
|---------15--------------15--------------|
|-15b17------15b17==(15)r----15b17-15b17==|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| PM PM| PM PM
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------4-------------5-------4-----------|
|--0----0--0--0-------0----0--0-----0-----|
|-----------------------------------------|
A
~~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q. +E +E Q E H +E +E E E
|---------------------------15-|---------------------------15b17==|
|-(15)-----(15)r(15)-15b17-----|-15b17========(15)r(15)\----------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---2--2-2---2---(2)-----------|--2-----2-2-2--(2)----------------|
|---2--2-2---2---(2)-----------|--2-----2-2-2--(2)----------------|
|---0--0-0---0---(0)-----------|--0-----0-0-0--(0)----------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A
+Q E E +E +E +E E
|-(15)r---15b17-15b17==(15)-(15)r(15)-----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------(0)-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +H
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---2---2--2-----2------(2)---------------|
|---2---2--2-----2------(2)---------------|
|---0---0--0-----0------(0)---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
H.=H
2/4
Q E E +H +W W H
|-15b17---15b17-15b17==(15)----|-(15)r--------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
|
| E E E E +H +W +W +H
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
|--2----2--2-----2------(2)----|--(2)---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|--2----2--2-----2------(2)----|--(2)---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|--0----0--0-----0------(0)----|--(0)---------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
Chorus
D5 G5 D5 G5 D5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
H. +E E +W W E E E E +E Q.
|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
|-3-------(3)-3-|-(3)--------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3----|
|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-2----|
|-0-------(0)-0-|-(0)--------|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0----|
|---------------|------------|----------|------------------|
|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
E A5 E G5
H. +E E +W H. E E +W
|---------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)----|
|---------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)----|
|-1-------(1)-2-|-(2)--------|-1-------0-0-|-(0)----|
|-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)--------|-2-------0-0-|-(0)----|
|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2-----------|--------|
|-0-------(0)---|------------|-0---------3-|-(3)----|
Outro
Q=128 1.,2.,3.
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 A7A5 A7A5
Gtr I
PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM PM PM----| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||--5-----4-----5---|---4-----5---4---|-5-7-7-7---------|-5-7-7-7-----------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM PM PM----| PM----|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2-2-----------||
||--5-----4-----5---|---4-----5---4---|-2-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2-2-----------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
4.
A7A5 A7A5
E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|----------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|
|----------------|----------------|
rall. Q=80 a tempo Q=128
A7A5 A7A5
E E E E +H E E E E +H +H. +E S S E E Q H
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
|-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-(7)------(7)-7-7-|-7-----------*|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-(0)------(0)-0-0-|-0-----------*|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
|
| E E E E +H E E E E +H +H. +E S S E E Q H
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-(2)------(2)-2-2-|-2-----------*|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-(2)------(2)-2-2-|-2-----------*|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-(0)------(0)-0-0-|-0-----------*|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
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 - 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
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