It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll) chords by AC/DC

"It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the first track of their Australian album T.N.T., released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott. Musically, the song is notable for combining bagpipes with hard rock electric guitars, drums, and bass. A slightly shorter version of the song is also the first track on the international version of High Voltage, released in May 1976 (see 1976 in music). This is on the original release and the 2003 remastered CD release of the album only. Other CD releases have the full version. This song is also on the Volts CD of the Bonfire box set, released in 1997. This was a signature song for Scott, who also played the side drum in Coastal Scottish Pipe Band WA in the 1960s. Current AC/DC lead vocalist Brian Johnson doesn't perform it, out of respect for his predecessor. The song is about the travails of using rock 'n' roll as a vehicle for success. As detailed by the song, perils of being in a rock 'n' roll band. In May 2001, Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100-member industry panel, "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" was ranked as the ninth song on the list.The song is regularly played during stoppages at AFL matches at the ANZ stadium in Sydney In Australia, children (and adults) sometimes sing "It's a long way to the shop if you wanna sausage roll" or "It's a long way to the shop if you wanna Chicko Roll". In the "Kid's Kommentary" on the DVD for School of Rock one of the kids quotes this line when the song is played during the end credits. On 1 October 2004 Melbourne, Australia's Corporation Lane was officially renamed "ACDC Lane" in honour of the band (street names in the City of Melbourne cannot contain the "/" character). This change was made in part because the music video for "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" was filmed on Melbourne's Swanston Street, near ACDC Lane. The Melbourne City Council's vote to rename the street was unanimous. Bagpipers played "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" at the official renaming ceremony. The music video for "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)", was filmed on 23 February 1976 for the Australian music television program Countdown. It featured the band's then-current lineup, along with members of the Rats of Tobruk Pipe Band, on the back of a flat-bed truck traveling on Swanston Street in Melbourne, Australia. The Young brothers, Evans, Rudd and the Rats of Tobruk Pipe Band all mimed playing their instruments, while Scott mimed his vocal and bagpipes. Known members of the Rats of Tobruk Pipe Band at the time of the video's filming include: Alan Butterworth, Les Kenfield and Kevin Conlon. The video was dubbed with the studio track from the T.N.T. album. The video was directed by Paul Drane. David Olney was the cameraman. Two other videos for the song exist. One features the group simply miming the song on a stage, making it appear as if it were being played live. The second version, filmed the same day as the truck version, features the group miming the song on a stage in a city park in front of an audience. The pipe players appear here as well. Also, a version of the group performing the song on Australian Bandstand with Scott singing live over the studio track appears on the DVD set Plug Me In. It should be noted that this song was only performed live in 1976. This song was not played after Bon set the bagpipes down at the corner of a stage and they were destroyed by fans. It was performed one last time in 1979, but synthesisers were used instead of the bagpipes. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.