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Song
Hotter Than Hell - by Kiss
Original version on the album Hotter Than Hell (1974)
Words and music by Paul Stanley
Transcribed by Mark Vignati (gs01mcv@panther.gsu.edu)
Note about tuning: For some reason, this song is the only one on
the album Hotter Than Hell that is tuned one whole step below
standard pitch. All other songs for this album are one half step
below standard, and the live version of Hotter Than Hell on Alive!
is one half-step down also. Just be aware of this when you play
along with either the album or studio version.
[Tab Mod's note - original version is actually tuned somewhere between a half and a whole step down]
Note values are written above the staff: w=whole note, h= half
q=quarter, e=eighth, etc. A rest will be followed by an 'r'.
'Ghost' or 'grace' notes (such as in bar 3 of riff 1) will be
noted by an *.
Lyrics will be under staff, as physically close to their rhythmic
placement in the song as ASCII will allow.
Song is in 4/4.
Beginning (Riff 1)
e e h.r e e q.r s s s s s s e e er * e e e q
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |-o-------------|--3--3--------------------|------------------------| |----2--2-------|--2--2-----------2h5p2p0--|--2--2------------------| |-o--2--2-------|--0--0-------2h5----------|--2--2-----5h7--7-7-7\--| |----0--0-------|--------------------------|--0--0------------------| |---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------| |--3--3--3----------------o-| |--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----| |--0--0--0---2h5----------o-| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|
Verse
e e h.r e e h.r e e h.r e e h.r
|---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------| |---------------|--3--3---------|--------------|--3--3-------------| |----2--2-------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------|--2--2-------------| |----2--2-------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------|--0--0-------------| |----0--0-------|---------------|--0--0--------|-------------------| |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------------|
She looked hotter all dressed
good, she than in satins
looked ... hell... and lace . . .
e e h.r e e h.r e h+q.r
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------|--3--3-----------|-----------------| |----2--2-------|--2--2-----------|--2--------------| |----2--2-------|--0--0-----------|--2--------------| |----0--0-------|-----------------|--0--------------| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
I looked at much too I had to get
her and it was... clear... on the case . . .
e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------| |--3--3--3------------------| |--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----| |--0--0--0---2h5------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|
e e h.r e e h.r e e h.r
|---------------|---------------|--------------| |---------------|--3--3---------|--------------| |----2--2-------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------| |----2--2-------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------| |----0--0-------|---------------|--0--0--------| |---------------|---------------|--------------|
I said Lady take ya home? There's just
can I -- so much we could do . . .
e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------| |--3--3--3------------------| |--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----| |--0--0--0---2h5------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|
e e qr e e qr e e qr e e qr
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------| |---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------| |-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------| |-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------| |-0--0------0--0------|--2--2-------2--2-------| |---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
I'll take ya all whole wide world . . .
around the . . .
e e e e e e er e (w)
|-----------------3--------|--------------| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|--------------| |--2--2--2--2--2--0-----2--|--(2)---------| |--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--|--(2)---------| |-----------------2-----0--|--(0)---------| |-----------------3--------|--------------|
Before the evening is through . . .
Chorus
e er e er e er e er e er e er e er e er
|--------------------------|------------------------------| |--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------| |--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------| |--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------|
Hot, hot, Hotter than hell,
e er e er e er e er e er e er e er e er
|-------------------------|-------------------------------| |--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------| |--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------| |--7----7----12----12-----|---14----14----14----14--------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ya know she's gonna
leave ya well done . . . . (undone?)
e er e er e er e er e er e er e er e er
|--------------------------|------------------------------| |--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------| |--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------| |--14----14----14----14----|---12----12----12----12-------| |--------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------|------------------------------|
Hot, hot, Hotter than hell,
h h w h h
|----------3----|-------------|------------3-------------| |---3------3----|-------------|----3-------3-------------| |---2------0----|--2----------|----2-------0-------------| |---0------0----|--2----------|----0-------0-------------| |----------2----|--0----------|------------2-------------| |----------3----|-------------|------------3-------------|
Burn ya like
the midday - sun -
Guitar solo interlude
(Ace does solo I haven't figured out, Paul plays this)
e e h.r e e q.r s s s s s s e e er * e e e q
|--------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |--------------|--3--3--------------------|------------------------| |---2--2-------|--2--2-----------2h5p2p0--|--2--2------------------| |---2--2-------|--0--0-------2h5----------|--2--2-----5h7--7-7-7\--| |---0--0-------|--------------------------|--0--0------------------| |--------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3-----------------| |--3--3--3-----------------| |--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0---| |--0--0--0---2h5-----------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------|
Verse 2
e e h.r e e h.r e e h.r
|--------------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------------|--3--3---------|--------------| |----2--2------------|--2--2---------|--2--2--------| |----2--2------------|--0--0---------|--2--2--------| |----0--0------------|---------------|--0--0--------| |--------------------|---------------|--------------|
I asked her why Make up her She said you
she couldn't mind . . . don't understand . . .
e e q. s s s s s s
|--------3------------------| |--3--3--3------------------| |--2--2--0-------2h5p2p0----| |--0--0--0---2h5------------| |---------------------------| |---------------------------|
e e qr e e qr e e qr e e qr
|---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------| |---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------| |-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------| |-2--2------2--2------|--0--0-------0--0-------| |-0--0------0--0------|--2--2-------2--2-------| |---------------------|--3--3-------3--3-------|
I'd love to go thing you should know . . .
but there's one
e e e e e e er e (w)
|-----------------3--------|--------------| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|--------------| |--2--2--2--2--2--0-----2--|--(2)---------| |--0--0--0--0--0--0-----2--|--(2)---------| |-----------------2-----0--|--(0)---------| |-----------------3--------|--------------|
She -?-?-?- me all the way there
(Sorry, don't know this either :)
Do two choruses, then to the...
Guitar solo:
e e e e e er e er e e e e er e q
|---------------------------------|------------------------------| |-o-------------------------------|------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------| |-o--12--14--14--12--14----14-----|--10--9--7--10-----12--12-----| |----10--12--12--10--12----12-----|--8---7--5--8------10--10-----| |---------------------------------|------------------------------|
e e e e e er e er e e e h+e
|-------------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------o-| |-------------------------------|--------------------------| |--12--14--14--12--14----14-----|--10---9--7---/12-------o-| |--10--12--12--10--12----12-----|--8----7--5---/10---------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------|
Sorry I don't know the solos, but maybe someone can appent this
transcription. The final solo is doubletracked in the studio, with
two separate solos going at once. Ace uses one of these for the
live version solo.
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