We all have heard this song at one time or another, and every time it is played in the background, something awesome happens in front of your movie screen. Highway To Hell is a rock n roll song by AC/DC, an Australian rock band. In addition to this, this song plays the part of being an opening track of their 1979 album with the same name, Highway to Hell. They released the song as a single on the same day they released the album, and within a few weeks, this song became an instant hit.
Highway to Hell was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott. Angus is also credited with writing the guitar riffs for the song. Before Highway to Hell, AC/DC made several albums, and the group tirelessly promoted each album via a tiresome tour schedule. All of the chaos, fatigue, and emotions from being on the road and away from their close ones resulted in a new album called Highway to Hell.
If you listen very closely, you will find that the song is in A major; the title and the lyrics highlight the hard life of a touring band that has to be on the road for most of the year. The Highway that inspired this song was Canning Highway, connecting the Perth Kwinana freeway to its port, Fremantle. It was home to a number of pubs that Bon Scott loves to visit often when he is in town.
This song spent 45 weeks on the German Singles Chart and peaked at 30th position at the start of its 19th week. Bon Scott was found dead just after six months of this song.
To help you with the guitar chords for this song, we have asked Mike Walker to be your guitar instructor. Mike has been in the guitar teaching business for more than 15 years, and from the age of 14, he's been playing guitar. Apart from this, Mike founded his second band called Rule of 7 and went on to win the Grammy Unsigned Band Contest in 2005. Mike, with his experience in learning new songs on guitar, has divided this song lesson into 6 segments to make it easier for you to differentiate specific parts of the song.
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