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

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

Written by Angus Mckinnon Young, Malcolm Mitchell Young, Ronald Belford Scott

Key: A

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

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

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key F#F#

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key GG(one step down)

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key G#G#(half step down)

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key AA(original key)

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key A#A#(half step up)

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key BB(one step up)

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

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key C#C#

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

It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll) Key D#D#

	  		
Main Intro/Verse Riff 

(Malcom only) 

e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|--0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2------| 
D|--0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2------| 
A|--0-0-0--x--0----0-0-0--x--0------| 
E|----------------------------------| 


Angus Intro/Verse Riff #1 

e|---------------------| 
B|---------------------| 
G|--0h2--0--0h2-2------| 
D|--0h2-----0h2-2------| 
A|--------------0------| 
E|---------------------| 


Angus Verse Riff #1 
(Finger picked - thumb on B string and first on e string) 

e|--9---9-----| 
B|--10--10----| 
G|------------| 
D|------------| 
A|------------| 
E|------------| 


Chorus 
(Malcom) 
                                                                                     If Ya... 
e|-----3--2-----------------------------------------3---2---------------------------------------------| 
B|-----3--3-----------------------------------------3---3---------------------------------------------| 
G|-2---0--2---0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2--0---2----0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2-----| 
D|-2---0--0---0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2--0---0----0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2-----| 
A|-0---x------0-0-0--x--0----0-0-0--x--0----0--0-0--x--------0-0-0--x--0----0-0-0--x--0----0--0-0-----| 
E|-----3--------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------| 

One night stands...                 Rock Roll band.... 
          e|---------2---------------------------------3---2------------------------------|  
          B|---------3---------------------------------3---3------------------------------| 
          G|---------2---------------------------------0---2---2--------------------------| 
          D|---------0---------------------------------0---0---2--------------------------| 
          A|-------------------------------------------x-------0--------------------------| 
          E|-------------------------------------------3----------------------------------| 


Chorus 
(Angus) 
                                                                                    If Ya... 
e|-----3--2-----------------------------------------3---2---------------------------------------------| 
B|-----3--3-----------------------------------------3---3---------------------------------------------| 
G|-2---0--2--2---------------------------------2----0---2---2--------------------------------2--------| 
D|-2---0--0--2---------------------------------2----0---0---2--------------------------------2--------| 
A|-0---x-----0---------------------------------0----x-------0--------------------------------0--------| 
E|-----3--------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------| 

One night stands...                 Rock Roll band.... 
          e|---------2---------------------------------3---2------------------------------|  
          B|---------3---------------------------------3---3------------------------------| 
          G|---------2---------------------------------0---2---2--------------------------| 
          D|---------0---------------------------------0---0---2--------------------------| 
          A|-------------------------------------------x-------0--------------------------| 
          E|-------------------------------------------3----------------------------------| 


Bagpipes Section 
(Malcom) 

He plays variations based on the main riff 
e|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|--0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2------| 
D|--0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2------| 
A|--0-0-0--x--0----0-0-0--x--0------| 
E|----------------------------------| 


Bagpipes Section 
(Angus) 

Same riff again, fingerpicked the same 
e|--9---9-----| 
B|--10--10----| 
G|------------| 
D|------------| 
A|------------| 
E|------------| 


Once Angus' Lead comes Malcom plays something like this 

e|---------------------------| 
B|---------------------------| 
G|-22-2-2--2--22-2-2--2------| 
D|-22-2-2--2--22-2-2--2------| 
A|-00-0-0--0--00-0-0--0------| 
E|---------------------------| 


Angus' Lead 

e|-------------------| 
B|---------10--10~~~-| 
G|-------------------| 
D|--10h11------------| 
A|-------------------| 
E|-------------------| 


Solo 
(Angus) 

e|--------------------------------| 
B|--13b15r13-10-12----10----10----| 
G|-----------------11----11-------| 
D|--------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------| 

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------20p17----17----------------------------------| 
G|--19b21b19r17--19b21--19b21---------19----19p17----------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------19------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

e|-------------------------------------------------------------17---------------------------| 
B|--17--17-----17-17------------20----------------------------------17---20b22--------------| 
G|--17--17-----17-17------19b21----19b21 19b21-19b21r17--19b21---------------------7/2------| 
D|---------19--------19---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Angus plays a very faint trill at the end of the solo but it's not really discernible 

e|---------| 
B|---------| 
G|-2tr4----| 
D|---------| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 


Solo 
(Malcom) 

e|-----3--2-----------------------------------------3---2---------------------------------------------| 
B|-----3--3-----------------------------------------3---3---------------------------------------------| 
G|-2---0--2---0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2--0---2----0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2-----| 
D|-2---0--0---0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2--0---0----0h2-2--x--2----0h2-2--x--2----2--0h2-----| 
A|-0---x------0-0-0--x--0----0-0-0--x--0----0--0-0--x--------0-0-0--x--0----0-0-0--x--0----0--0-0-----| 
E|-----3--------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------------------| 

Rest of the song is the same until the Outro 

Most of these outro riffs have little variations in them from bar to bar 


Malcom Outro Riff #1 

e|---------------------------| 
B|---------------------------| 
G|-22-2-2--2--22-2-2--2------| 
D|-22-2-2--2--22-2-2--2------| 
A|-00-0-0--0--00-0-0--0------| 
E|---------------------------| 


Malcom Outro Riff #2 

e|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|--2--2--2--2--| 
D|--2--2--2--2--| 
A|--0--0--0--0--| 
E|--------------| 


Malcom Outro Riff #3     

                             Ends with:                                       
e|-----------------|        e|-------------| 
B|-----------------|        B|-------------|              
G|--222--222--222--|        G|--222222222--| 
D|--222--222--222--|        D|--222222222--| 
A|--000--000--000--|        A|--000000000--| 
E|-----------------|        E|-------------| 


Malcom Outro Riff #4 
(Fade Out) 

e|--------------| 
B|--------------| 
G|--2--2--2--2--| 
D|--2--2--2--2--| 
A|--0--0--0--0--| 
E|--------------| 


Angus Outro Riff #1 
  
e|---------------------| 
B|---------------------| 
G|-0h2---2----2--2-----| 
D|-0h2-2---2--2--2-----| 
A|-0-0--------0--0-----| 
E|---------------------| 


Angus Outro Riff #2 

   ? ^ ?  ^ 
e|------------------| 
B|------------------| 
G|-2-2-2--2---------| 
D|-2-2-2--2---------| 
A|-0-0-0--0--3-4-0--| 
E|------------------| 


Angus Outro Riff #3 

(Fade out)  
e|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|-2----2-----2-2----2----2---| 
D|-2----2-----2-2----2----2---| 
A|-0----0-----0-0----0----0---| 
E|----3-----3------3----3-----| 



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| x  Dead note 
| h  Hammer-on 
| p  Pull-off 
| r  Release 
| b  Bend 
| /  Slide up 
| ~  Vibrato  

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