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rhythm guitar transcr. tcg, 1994 . . . 
(WARNING!: "amateur version"--no professional tabs consulted)
4/4 // Key of "A5"(no 3rd) // Allegretto ("oh, sure! right!")
distortion pedal ON . . .
start chords on UP-beat (and UP-pick): 
count--(1 & 2 & 3)   &   4   &
                             UP DOWN UP

%PART V-1 (Intro, Verse)--              (*
 A5              D/F# G5         D/F# G5  D/F# G5      A5
-----.-||-------------.-|-------------.-|------.--------|-.------------.--||
-------||---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
-2-2-2-||o--------------|---------------|-------------2-|-2--------2-2-2-o||
-2-2-2-||o------------5-|-------------5-|------5------2-|-2--------2-2-2-o||
-0-0-0-||---------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----|-----------------||
 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 &3 & 4 &

(*:: last time before Chorus: play PART V-2 instead…)

%PART V-2 (end of Verse)
  D/F# G5  D/F#     E5                               -- to PART C-1(Chorus)
|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|------5-----------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--||
|--5-5-5----5------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--||
|--2-2-3----2---0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--||
 1 & 2 & 3  & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &    1 & 2 & 3 &  4 &

**INTRO: (PART V-1 2x)

**VERSE 1: (PART V-1 3x; 4th x, go to V-2(see E5  below))
Livin' easy, livin' free--
Season ticket on a one-way ride--
Askin' nothin'--leave me be--
Takin' everything in my stride--
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme--
Ain't nothing that I'd rather do--
Goin' down--party time--
My friends are gonna (E5) be there, too-- (- PART C-1/Chorus 1)

%PART C-1 (Chorus)--              (3 times)             (**     (*
  A5               D             G   D      A5        D              (to V-1)
||-------------------|----2-2----3---2----||----------2=|===2===|==2-------||
||-----------------3=|==3-3-3-3--3---3----||----------3=|===3===|==3-------||
||o--2---2---2--2--2=|==2-2-2-2--0---2---o||-2-2-2--2-2=|===2===|==2-------||
||o--2---2---2--2--0=|==0-0-0-0--0---0---o||-2-2-2--2-0=|===0===|==0-------||
||---0---0---0--0----|--------------------||-0-0-0--0---|-------|----------||
||-------------------|-----------3--------||------------|-------|----------||
     1   2   3  4  &    1 & 2 &  3   4       1 2 3  4 &---1234----123

(*:: end of 2nd Chorus, go to PART C-2 from here…)
(**:: middle of 3th Chorus, go to Part C-3 from here…)

**CHORUS 1: (PART C-1)
I'm on a Highway to Hell-- On the Highway to Hell--
Highway to Hell-- On the Highway to Hell--

**VERSE 2: (a` la Verse 1)
No stop signs-- speed limit--
Nobody's gonna slow me down--
Like a wheel, gonna spin it--
Nobody's gonna mess me around--
Hey, Satan--payin' my dues--
Playin' in a rockin' band--
Hey, mama, look at me--
I'm on my way to the (E5 ) Promised Land-- (oh, poor Bon Scott!…)

**CHORUS 2: (PART C-1--C-2)
I'm on a Highway to Hell-- Highway to Hell--
I'm on the Highway to Hell-- Highway to Hell--
(to PART C-2) --Don't stop now--

%PART C-2 ("tag" to Chorus2)--
   D     G     D                         D     G     D        G    D   G
|--2-----3-----2===|======2-----------|--2-----3-----2===|=2--3----2---3---||
|--3-----3-----3===|======3-----------|--3-----3-----3===|=3--3----3---3---||
|--2-----0-----2===|======2-----------|--2-----0-----2===|=2--0----2---0---||
|--0-----0-----0===|======0-----------|--0-----0-----0===|=0--0----0---0---||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||
|--------3---------|------------------|--------3---------|----3--------3---||
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4---------1234            1 & 2 & 3 & 4&----1  &2&  3   4
                      "--Don't stop now--"

**LEAD TACIT (played over PART C-1)
(I woulda trancribed Angus's lead, but I thought, hell, YOU can do just
as well, jammin' on the A pentatonic minor scale! . . . Of course, a
Gibson SG would help!)

 **CHORUS 3: (PART C-1--C-3)
I'm on a Highway to Hell-- On a Highway to Hell--
I'm on a Highway to Hell-- On a Highway to(stutter-pause: PART C-3)

%PART C-3 (stutter-pause in middle of 3rd Chorus)--
 A5             D   (lead gu. descending smear)
|---------------.--|------------------|
|---------------3--|-\-\-\------------|
|--2--2--2---2--2--|--\-\-\-----------|
|--2--2--2---2--0--|---\-\-\----------|
|--0--0--0---0--0--|----\-\-\---------|
|------------------|------------------|
   1  2  3   4  &
  "High__way  to--"(stop)

**CHORUS 3 (continued) (PART C-1…)

Highway to Hell--(I'm on a Highway to Hell)Highway to Hell--
(Highway to Hell)Highway to Hell--(Highway to)Highway to Hell
(after Held-D  chord:)
And I'm goin' down-- all the way--

(then--A5  thirty-second-note extended strum (cliche 70's coda))

I'm on the Highway to Hell.

(then--single staccato A5 )