MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades" Tablature
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Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 04:14:09 -0400
From: Marion Invidia <marion@dsa.unipr.it>
Subject: m/mothorhead/ace_of_spades.tab
SONG: ACE OF SPADES (Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor)
ARTIST: MOTÖRHEAD
ALBUM: THE BEST OF MOTÖRHEAD
TABBED BY: Andreas Invidia
TEMPO = ± 140 bpm
The song opens with Lemmy's bass (4 measures)
RIFF1 X4
e||----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------||
4 G||°--------------------------------°||
- D||°--------------------------------°||
4 A||-----------------14---x13---x12---||
E||--0---0---0-0-0-0-0---x-0---x-0---||
VERSE
G5
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
||--5-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
||--3-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
If you like the gamble....
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------|--5-----5-----5-------5-----------|
|--5-------------------------------|--5-----5-----5-------5-----------|
|--3-------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-------3-----------|
...all the same to me.
^r ^r X2
||------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||-----14^¹---14----12----14----12----|-----14^¹---14----12--------------||
||°-;--14^¹---14----12----14----12----|--;--14^¹---14----12-------------°||
||°-----------------------------------|------------------------14--\----°||
||------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D5 C5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
The pleasure is the play...
^r ^r
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----14^¹---14----12----14----12----|-----14^¹---14----12--------------|
|--;--14^¹---14----12----14----12----|--;--14^¹---14----12--------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------14--\-----|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D5 C5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
"I don't share your greed..." "...is the
CHORUS: "ace of spades, the ace of spades" (W/RIFF1 X4)
REPEAT FROM THE VERSE.
BRIDGE
E5 D5 E5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--9-------#-------#-------7-------|--9-------#-------@---------------|
|--9-----------------------7-------|--9-------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------5-------|--7-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
You know I'm born to lose...
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--@---------------@---------------|--@---------------@---------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---|--7---7-7---7-7---9---9-7---7-5---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---|--5---5-5---5-5---7---7-5---5-3---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--4---4-4---4-4---4---4-4---4-4---|--4-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---|--2-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
And don't forget the joker!
SOLO (I'm not sure if this part is absolutely correct...but sounds similar!)
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------5---7P5-----7~~~~~----------|
|--0H3-5/7\5--------3H5P3P0--3-----|--7-----------7-------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7P5-----7P5-----7P5-----7P5-----|--7^¹---7------5--------------5---|
|------7-------7-------7-------7---|-------------------7---5H7--------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-10-------------------------------|
|------7---9P7---7/9---7---9^¹-----|------9---7H9P7-----7-------------|
|--9-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
pick scrape
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10/11-11-11-11/12-12-12-12/X-X-X-X-|
|-11-11-11-11/12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13/X-X-X-X-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---10h12p10------8H10P8-----8-----|------8---10^¹---P8---------------|
|-----------------------10---------|-10------------------10-----------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-10P8-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----10--10P8--8-10---10P8---8----|----------------------------------|
|-------------9-------------9------|--9----7--------------------5-----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------7---5H7-------|
|----------------------------------|--------------5-------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
PLAY RIFF1 X4 TIMES AND THEN THE VERSE AND CHORUS
OUTRO
X4 X2
||----------------------------------||--12-------12---------------------||
||----------------------------------||--15^¹-----15^¹-------------------||
||°--------------------------------°||°--------------------------------°||
||°--------------------------------°||°--------------------------------°||
||--7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
PM..............................
E5 D5 E5 E5 D5 E5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--9------7-------9--------\--/----|--9------7------9\----------------||
|--9------7-------9--------\--/----|--9------7------9\----------------||
|--7------5-------7--------\--/----|--7------5------7\----------------||
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
NOTATION
H : HAMMER ON ^r: RELEASE
P : PULL OFF ~ : VIBRATO
/ : SLIDE (UP) ; : RESTS (1/2 BEAT)
\ : SLIDE (DOWN) # : RESTS (1 BEAT)
X : MUTED STRINGS @ : RESTS (2 BEATS)
^¹: WHOLE TONE BEND
From: Marion Invidia <marion@dsa.unipr.it>
Subject: m/mothorhead/ace_of_spades.tab
SONG: ACE OF SPADES (Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor)
ARTIST: MOTÖRHEAD
ALBUM: THE BEST OF MOTÖRHEAD
TABBED BY: Andreas Invidia
TEMPO = ± 140 bpm
The song opens with Lemmy's bass (4 measures)
RIFF1 X4
e||----------------------------------||
B||----------------------------------||
4 G||°--------------------------------°||
- D||°--------------------------------°||
4 A||-----------------14---x13---x12---||
E||--0---0---0-0-0-0-0---x-0---x-0---||
VERSE
G5
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--5-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
||--5-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
||--3-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
If you like the gamble....
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------|--5-----5-----5-------5-----------|
|--5-------------------------------|--5-----5-----5-------5-----------|
|--3-------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-------3-----------|
...all the same to me.
^r ^r X2
||------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||-----14^¹---14----12----14----12----|-----14^¹---14----12--------------||
||°-;--14^¹---14----12----14----12----|--;--14^¹---14----12-------------°||
||°-----------------------------------|------------------------14--\----°||
||------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
D5 C5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
The pleasure is the play...
^r ^r
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----14^¹---14----12----14----12----|-----14^¹---14----12--------------|
|--;--14^¹---14----12----14----12----|--;--14^¹---14----12--------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------14--\-----|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D5 C5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
"I don't share your greed..." "...is the
CHORUS: "ace of spades, the ace of spades" (W/RIFF1 X4)
REPEAT FROM THE VERSE.
BRIDGE
E5 D5 E5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--9-------#-------#-------7-------|--9-------#-------@---------------|
|--9-----------------------7-------|--9-------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------5-------|--7-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
You know I'm born to lose...
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--@---------------@---------------|--@---------------@---------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---|--7---7-7---7-7---9---9-7---7-5---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---|--5---5-5---5-5---7---7-5---5-3---|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--4---4-4---4-4---4---4-4---4-4---|--4-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---|--2-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
And don't forget the joker!
SOLO (I'm not sure if this part is absolutely correct...but sounds similar!)
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|------5---7P5-----7~~~~~----------|
|--0H3-5/7\5--------3H5P3P0--3-----|--7-----------7-------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7P5-----7P5-----7P5-----7P5-----|--7^¹---7------5--------------5---|
|------7-------7-------7-------7---|-------------------7---5H7--------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-10-------------------------------|
|------7---9P7---7/9---7---9^¹-----|------9---7H9P7-----7-------------|
|--9-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
pick scrape
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10/11-11-11-11/12-12-12-12/X-X-X-X-|
|-11-11-11-11/12-12-12-12/13-13-13-13/X-X-X-X-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---10h12p10------8H10P8-----8-----|------8---10^¹---P8---------------|
|-----------------------10---------|-10------------------10-----------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-10P8-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----10--10P8--8-10---10P8---8----|----------------------------------|
|-------------9-------------9------|--9----7--------------------5-----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------7---5H7-------|
|----------------------------------|--------------5-------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
PLAY RIFF1 X4 TIMES AND THEN THE VERSE AND CHORUS
OUTRO
X4 X2
||----------------------------------||--12-------12---------------------||
||----------------------------------||--15^¹-----15^¹-------------------||
||°--------------------------------°||°--------------------------------°||
||°--------------------------------°||°--------------------------------°||
||--7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||
PM..............................
E5 D5 E5 E5 D5 E5
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--9------7-------9--------\--/----|--9------7------9\----------------||
|--9------7-------9--------\--/----|--9------7------9\----------------||
|--7------5-------7--------\--/----|--7------5------7\----------------||
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
NOTATION
H : HAMMER ON ^r: RELEASE
P : PULL OFF ~ : VIBRATO
/ : SLIDE (UP) ; : RESTS (1/2 BEAT)
\ : SLIDE (DOWN) # : RESTS (1 BEAT)
X : MUTED STRINGS @ : RESTS (2 BEATS)
^¹: WHOLE TONE BEND
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