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HELL ON HIGH HEELS
As recorded by Pretty Maids
(From the 1999 Album ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH OVERDOING)
Transcribed by Sergio Miguélez(elmomias@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Ronnie Atkins & Ken Hammer
D5
x x 0 2 3 x
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
D5(type 2)
x 5 7 x x x
A/C#
x 4 7 x x x
B5(type 2)
x 2 4 x x x
G5(type 2)
3 5 x x x x
Bm
x 2 4 4 3 x
G
3 x 0 0 0 x
A
x 0 2 2 2 x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'dist'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'dist'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'dist'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'clean'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=125
D D/A Bm7
4/4
Gtr II
W W
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------5-----5---5-|-(5)----5-----5---5-||-----3-----3---3---|------3-----3---3---||-2-------2---------|----------2---------||-0-----------------|--------------------||-----------------0-|-(0)--------------2-||-------------------|--------------------| H.. E +H.. E
Gsus2 D5
W H.. E
|
/
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-(5)----5-----5---5-|-(5)----5-----5---5-||------3-----3---3---|------3-----3---3---||----------2---------|----------2---------||--------------------|------------------0-||-(2)----------------|--------------------||------------------3-|-(3)----------------| +H.. E +H.. E
D5 A5 B5
+H.. E +H.. E
| | | |
/ / / /
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|--------5-----5---5-|-(5)----5-----5---5-||------3-----3---3---|------3-----3---3---||--2-------2---------|----------2---------||--0-----------------|--------------------||------------------0-|-(0)--------------2-||--------------------|--------------------| H.. E +H.. E
G5
+H.. E +W
| | |
/ / /
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-(5)----5-----5---5-|-(5)---5-----3---2--||------3-----3---3---|-----3-----3---3----||----------2---------|---------2----------||--------------------|--------------------||-(2)----------------|--------------------||------------------3-|-(3)----------------| +H.. E +W
Intro solo G5 D5 A/C# Gtrs I, II ~~~ E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q|-------0-------2-||--14b15---14-----------||-3---3---2h3-5---||o-----------------17---||---2-------------||-----------------------||-----------------||-----------------------||-----------------||o----------------------||-----------------||-----------------------|
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| Gtr III| PM|| W Q. E E E E E|-----------------||-----------------------||-----------------||o----------------------||-----------------||-----------------------||-----------------||---7-------7-------7-7-||-5---------------||o--5-------5--5-5--5-4-||-3---------------||-----------------------|
1. B5 G5 ~~~ ~~~ Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q|-15b17---15------14---|-----------------------||----------------------|-17b19---17------15----||----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| PM| PM|| +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E|----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-----------------------||-(7)------7-------7-4-|-(4)------4-------4----||-(4)------4--4-4--4-2-|-(2)------2--2-2--2-5--||----------------------|--------------------3--|
2. D5 B5 G5 ~~~ ~~~ Q +E Q. Q Q. Q. E E|-17b19--(17)-17------15----||------------------------17b19-||--------------------------o||--17b19---17---------15-------||---------------------------||------------------------------||---------------------------||------------------------------||--------------------------o||------------------------------||---------------------------||------------------------------|
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| PM|| +Q. E E E E E Q. S S E E E E|---------------------------||-------------------------3----||--------------------------o||-------------------------3----||---------------------------||-------------------------0----||------------------------7--||---4---------------------0----||-(5)----------5-------5-5-o||---2-------x--x-/5-4--2-------||-(3)----------3--3-3--3----||-------------------------3----|
Verse A Bm +H. +Q W|-(17)------(17)\--||-----------------||------------------||o----------------||------------------||-----------------||------------------||-----------------||------------------||o----------------||------------------||-----------------|
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| Gtr V| +W Q. H +E|--(3)-------------||-----------------||--(3)-------------||o-2----3----(3)--||--(0)-------------||--2----4----(4)--||--(0)-------------||--2----4----(4)--||------------------||o-0----2----(2)--||--(3)-------------||-----------------|
1. G/D A A Bm G Gtr V Q. H +E Q. H E +Q E E E E E E|---------------|-------------|-------------------|||-0----2----(2)-|-2----3----0-|-(0)--3---2---3---o|||-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)----2---2---2--|||-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)---------------|||------0----(0)-|-0----2------|------------------o|||---------------|-----------3-|-(3)---------------||
2. $ A Bm G5 B5 D5 A5 G5 Gtr II Q. H E +W Q. Q +Q E E E E E Q E S S|-----------3-|-(3)--------||------------------|------------------||-2----3----3-|-(3)--------||o-----------------|------------------||-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||------------------|-------0-0--------||-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||--4----7--(7)\----|---2-2-0-0----x-x-||-0----2------|------------||o-2----5--(5)\----|---0-0--------x-x-||-----------3-|-(3)--------||------------------|-------3-3--------|
1. 2. B5 A5 E5 G5 B5 A5 F#G5 F#G5 Q. H E E E Q E E Q Q. Q. E E +H. E E|-------------|----------------||---------------|---------------||-------------|---------------o||---------------|---------------||-------------|----------0-0---||---------------|---------------||-4----2------|----------0-0---||-4----2--------|---------------||-2----0------|---2-2---------o||-2----0----4-5-|-(5)------4-5--||-------------|---0-0----3-3---||-----------2-3-|-(3)------2-3--|
Chorus G5 D5 A/C# B5 G5 PM| PM PM| PM +H.. E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E S S E E E E|--------------||-------------------|------------------|--------------------||--------------||o------------------|------------------|--------------------||--------------||-------------------|------------------|------------7s6-4-0-||------------7-||--(7)--7-----7---7-|-(7)--7-----7---4-|-(4)--4-x-x-------0-||-(5)--------5-||o-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-2-|-(2)--2-x-x-5s4-2---||-(3)----------||-------------------|------------------|------------------3-|
1. 2. To Coda D5 G5 A Bm Gtr V +H.. E W +W Q. H +E|---------------||----------|------------||-----------------||--------------o||----------|------------||o-2----3----(3)--||-(0)-----------||-0--------|-(0)--------||--2----4----(4)--||-(0)--------7--||-0--------|-(0)--------||--2----4----(4)--||------------5-o||----------|------------||o-0----2----(2)--||-(3)-----------||-3--------|-(3)--------||-----------------| +W
1. G/D A A Bm G Q. H +E Q. H E +Q E E E E E E|---------------|-------------|-------------------|||-0----2----(2)-|-2----3----0-|-(0)--3---2---3---o|||-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)----2---2---2--|||-0----2----(2)-|-2----4----0-|-(0)---------------|||------0----(0)-|-0----2------|------------------o|||---------------|-----------3-|-(3)---------------||
Bridge
2.
D.S. al Coda &
A Bm G5 G5 Asus4 A5
Gtr II
PM--------|
Q. H E +W H.. E +Q E E E E E E|-----------3-|-(3)--------||-------------|-------------------||-2----3----3-|-(3)--------||-----------3-|-(3)---------------||-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||-0---------2-|-(2)---------------||-2----4----0-|-(0)--------||-0---------2-|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2--||-0----2------|------------||-----------0-|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----------3-|-(3)--------||-3-----------|-------------------|
E5 G5
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
D/F# A5 E5 G5 E5 Gtr II W W H.. E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------/5-|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
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| Gtr III
| 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|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2------------------|||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---2-2-2-2-5-5--2-|||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----0-0-0-0-3-3--0-||
Guitar Solo
D5(typeD2) D5(A/C# 2) C# A/C# B5(type
Gtr III
Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / o / / / / / o / / /
Gtr II ~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~ Q. E E E E E +Q. S S E E E E|-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-7----7-7h9s11-9-|-(9)---9-9-9h11-11b12-11-||-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------|
2) B B5(G5(type 2) G F# G5(D5(type 2)
+Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / o / / / / / o o / /
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ +Q. S S E E a E E +Q. S S E E E E|-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-(11)---11-11-11h12-12s14-12-|-(12)---12-12-12h14-14s16---||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D5(type 2) D D5(A/C# 2) C# A/CB5(type
Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / o / / / / / o / / /
~~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E|----------------------|------------------------||-15------17------15---|-----17-----15----17----||------14------14------|-14------14----14----14-||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| W W|----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------|
2) B B5(typG5(type 2)
+Q. E E E E E +W
| | | | | | |
/ / o / / / /
~~~~~~
|--3--|
E S S Q +E S S E E +Q E E E H|---------------------------------17b19-17b19==|=(17)---17-15-14-15b17============||-17b19r17p15-17b19====(17)r17p15--------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| W H.. S S|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|--------------------------15-15---||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A5
Gtr IV
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II ~~~~ H.. S S E E E E E E E E|-17r--------------------14-14-|-14p12-12p10-10p=9--9h10-|||------------------------------|-------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------||
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| Gtr III| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E|------------------------------|-------------------------|||-15p==14-14p12-12p10-10-15-15-|-15p14-14p12-12p10-10h12-|||------------------------------|-------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------||
Interlude
Bm G A Bm G A
Gtr V
Q. H E +W Q. H E
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W +W +W|-10-----------|-(10)--------|-(10)-----------||--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W +W +W|--------------|-------------|----------------||-12-----------|-(12)--------|-(12)-----------||--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------------||--------------|-------------|----------------|
Bm G A G5
+W Q. H E +H.. E W W
| | | | |
/ / / / /
W W H.. E +H.. E +H.. E|-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||-----------|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||-----------|-------------|------------5-|-(5)--------5-|-(5)--------5---||-----------|-------------|------------5-|-(5)--------5-|-(5)--------5---||-----------|-------------|------------3-|-(3)--------3-|-(3)--------3---|
D5 +H.. E +Q. E E E E E|--------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------||--------------|---------------7-||-(5)--------5-|-(5)-----------7-||-(5)--------5-|-(5)-----------5-||-(3)--------3-|-(3)---2-3-2-3---|
Pre-Chorus A5 B5 G5 +H.. E +H.. E +H.. E||---------------|--------------|----------------|||o--------------|--------------|----------------|||--(7)----------|--------------|----------------|||--(7)--------7-|-(7)--------9-|-(9)--------5---|||o-(5)--------7-|-(7)--------9-|-(9)--------5---|||-------------5-|-(5)--------7-|-(7)--------3---|
D5 A/C# PM| PM +H.. E +Q E E E E E E|---------------||-||-------------------||--------------o||-||o------------------||------------7--||-||-------------------||-(5)--------7--||-||--(7)--7-----7---7-||-(5)--------5-o||-||o-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-4-||-(3)-----------||-||-------------------|
B5 G5 PM| PM +Q E E E E E E +Q E S S E E E E|------------------|---------------------||------------------|---------------------||------------------|------------7s6-4-0--||-(7)--7-----7---4-|-(4)--4-x-x-------0--||-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-2-|-(2)--2-x-x-5s4-2----||------------------|------------------3--|
1.,2.,3. 4.=H D5 G5 > +H.. E 4x W +W +W|---------------||----------|------------|--------*||--------------o||-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*||-(0)-----------||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*||-(0)--------7--||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*||------------5-o||----------|------------|--------*||-(3)-----------||-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
Duration Legend
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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
