MOTORHEAD - "ace of spades" Tablature
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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
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4 G||°--------------------------------°||
- D||°--------------------------------°||
4 A||-----------------14---x13---x12---||
E||--0---0---0-0-0-0-0---x-0---x-0---||
VERSE
G5
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If you like the gamble....
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|--5-------------------------------|--5-----5-----5-------5-----------|
|--5-------------------------------|--5-----5-----5-------5-----------|
|--3-------------------------------|--3-----3-----3-------3-----------|
...all the same to me.
^r ^r X2
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||-----14^¹---14----12----14----12----|-----14^¹---14----12--------------||
||°-;--14^¹---14----12----14----12----|--;--14^¹---14----12-------------°||
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D5 C5
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|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
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|--5-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
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The pleasure is the play...
^r ^r
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|-----14^¹---14----12----14----12----|-----14^¹---14----12--------------|
|--;--14^¹---14----12----14----12----|--;--14^¹---14----12--------------|
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D5 C5
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|--7-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
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|--5-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
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"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
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|--9-------#-------#-------7-------|--9-------#-------@---------------|
|--9-----------------------7-------|--9-------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------5-------|--7-------------------------------|
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You know I'm born to lose...
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|--7---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7---|--7---7-7---7-7---9---9-7---7-5---|
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|--5---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---|--5---5-5---5-5---7---7-5---5-3---|
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|--4---4-4---4-4---4---4-4---4-4---|--4-------------------------------|
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|--2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---|--2-------------------------------|
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And don't forget the joker!
SOLO (I'm not sure if this part is absolutely correct...but sounds similar!)
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|--0H3-5/7\5--------3H5P3P0--3-----|--7-----------7-------------------|
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|--7P5-----7P5-----7P5-----7P5-----|--7^¹---7------5--------------5---|
|------7-------7-------7-------7---|-------------------7---5H7--------|
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|------7---9P7---7/9---7---9^¹-----|------9---7H9P7-----7-------------|
|--9-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|-/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-|
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pick scrape
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|-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-|
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|---10h12p10------8H10P8-----8-----|------8---10^¹---P8---------------|
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|-10P8-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----10--10P8--8-10---10P8---8----|----------------------------------|
|-------------9-------------9------|--9----7--------------------5-----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------7---5H7-------|
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PLAY RIFF1 X4 TIMES AND THEN THE VERSE AND CHORUS
OUTRO
X4 X2
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PM..............................
E5 D5 E5 E5 D5 E5
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|--9------7-------9--------\--/----|--9------7------9\----------------||
|--9------7-------9--------\--/----|--9------7------9\----------------||
|--7------5-------7--------\--/----|--7------5------7\----------------||
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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
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
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