KISS – Hotter Than Hell (Guitar Tab)

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Original version on the album Hotter Than Hell (1974) Words and music by Paul Stanley Transcribed by Mark Vignati ([email protected]) 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.