Hell on High Heels Lyrics

As recorded by Pretty Maids
(From the 1999 Album ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH OVERDOING)
Words and Music by Ronnie Atkins & Ken Hammer
D5(type 2)
B5(type 2)
G5(type 2)
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'
Moderate Rock Q=125
Gtr II
W W
Gtr I
H.. E +H.. E
W H.. E
+H.. E +H.. E
+H.. E +H.. E
H.. E +H.. E
+H.. E +W
+H.. E +W
Intro solo
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q
|-3---3---2h3-5---||o-----------------17---|
|-----------------||o----------------------|
| Gtr III
| PM|
| W Q. E E E E E
|-----------------||o----------------------|
|-5---------------||o--5-------5--5-5--5-4-|
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
| PM| PM|
| +Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E
Q +E Q. Q Q. Q. E E
|-17b19--(17)-17------15----||------------------------17b19-|
|--------------------------o||--17b19---17---------15-------|
|--------------------------o||------------------------------|
| PM|
| +Q. E E E E E Q. S S E E E E
|--------------------------o||-------------------------3----|
|-(5)----------5-------5-5-o||---2-------x--x-/5-4--2-------|
+H. +Q W
|------------------||o----------------|
|------------------||o----------------|
| Gtr V
| +W Q. H +E
|--(3)-------------||o-2----3----(3)--|
|------------------||o-0----2----(2)--|
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----(0)-|-0----2------|------------------o||
$
Gtr II
Q. H E +W Q. Q +Q E E E E E Q E S S
|-2----3----3-|-(3)--------||o-----------------|------------------|
|-0----2------|------------||o-2----5--(5)\----|---0-0--------x-x-|
Q. H E E E Q E E Q Q. Q. E E +H. E E
|-------------|---------------o||---------------|---------------|
|-2----0------|---2-2---------o||-2----0----4-5-|-(5)------4-5--|
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-|
|-(5)--------5-||o-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-4-|-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-2-|-(2)--2-x-x-5s4-2---|
To Coda
Gtr V
+H.. E W +W Q. H +E
|--------------o||----------|------------||o-2----3----(3)--|
|------------5-o||----------|------------||o-0----2----(2)--|
+W
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----(0)-|-0----2------|------------------o||
D.S. al Coda &
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Gtr II
PM--------|
Q. H E +W H.. E +Q E E E E E E
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr II
W W H.. E
| Gtr III
| PM------------------------|
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
| Gtr IV
| W W
2) B B5(typG5(type 2)
+Q. E E E E E +W
/ / o / / / /
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--------------|----------------------------------|
| W H.. S S
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-||
| 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-||
Gtr V
Q. H E +W Q. H E
W +W +W
| W +W +W
+W Q. H E +H.. E W W
W W H.. E +H.. E +H.. E
+H.. E +Q. E E E E E
+H.. E +H.. E +H.. E
||o--------------|--------------|----------------|
||o-(5)--------7-|-(7)--------9-|-(9)--------5---|
PM| PM
+H.. E +Q E E E E E E
|--------------o||-||o------------------|
|-(5)--------5-o||-||o-(5)--5-5-5-5-5-4-|
PM| PM
+Q E E E E E E +Q E S S E E E E
|------------------|------------7s6-4-0--|
|-(4)--4-4-4-4-4-2-|-(2)--2-x-x-5s4-2----|
1.,2.,3. 4.=H
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+H.. E 4x W +W +W
|--------------o||-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|------------5-o||----------|------------|--------*|
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