Ace Of Spades
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ACE OF SPADES
As recorded by Motorhead
(From the 1980 Album ACE OF SPADES)
Words and Music by Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister, 'Fast' Eddie Clark, Philip 'Philthy Animal' Taylor
T
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - ''Fast' Eddie Clarke dist electric'
[Intro]
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 E E S S S S E S S +S S E 4x
e|------------||-----------------------------||
B|------------||o---------------------------o||
D|------------||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||
A|------------||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||
E|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||
[Verse]
$
$$
W W W E. S +E E +E Q.
e|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|
D|-5--------|-5--------|-5--------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5----|
A|-5--------|-5--------|-5--------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5----|
E|-3--------|-3--------|-3--------|-3--3-(3)-3-(3)-3----|
E a +E +S +E. E. S +E E E a +E +S +E. E. S +E E
e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)-12-|---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12-------------|
G|---14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)-12-|---14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)\---|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E a +E +S +E. E. S +E E
e||-----------------------------------------|
B||o---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)-12-|
G||----14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)-12-|
A||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
[To Coda]
E a +E +S +E. E. S +E E W W
e|----------------------------------------|----------|-----------||
B|---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12-------------|----------|----------o||
G|---14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)\---|-7--------|-5---------||
D|----------------------------------------|-7--------|-5---------||
A|----------------------------------------|-5--------|-3--------o||
|----------------------------------------|----------|-----------||
[Chorus]
D.S.
E E S S S S E S S +S S E 4x
e||-----------------------------||-|
B||o---------------------------o||-|
D||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||-|
A||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||-|
E||--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||-|
[Bridge]
PM----------------------|
E E S S S S E S S +S S E Q Q Q Q
e||-----------------------------||--------------|
B||o---------------------------o||--------------|
G||-----------------------------||-9--------7---|
D||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||-9--------7---|
A||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||-7--------5---|
E||--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||--------------|
Q Q H W W E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
e|------------|----------|----------|-----------------------------|
G|-9----------|----------|----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
D|-9----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------|
A|-7----------|----------|----------|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|
|------------|----------|----------|-----------------------------|
E S S +S S E a E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E W
e|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
G|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7s9-9-7-(7)-7-5-|-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-|-4----||
A|-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5s7-7-5-(5)-5-3-|-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|-2----||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
[Guitar Solo]
~
|-3-|
S S S S Q S S S E Q a E E S S E a H S S E S S E S S E S S E
e|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------|-----5-7p5---5h7----|-7p5---7p5---7p5---7p5-----|
A|-0h3-5s7s5--3h5p3---3--|-5s7-------7--------|-----7-----7-----7-----7---|
E|------------------5----|--------------------|---------------------------|
a +E. S +E E +E E S S E
e|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
D|-7b9-(7)-7-(7)-5-(5)-------5-|
A|---------------------7-5h7---|
|-----------------------------|
|-3-|
a E E S S S S a E E a +Q E E S S S E Q +Q
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-10-10-------------------|
G|-------------------7-9b11==(9)--|--9r(9)-7h9p7---7--(7)\--|
D|-----7-9p7---7-8s9--------------|--------------9----------|
A|-7s9-------9--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G|-/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-12-12-13-13-14-xSxSx-|
G|-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-13-13-14-14-15-xSxSx-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-3--|
E a +E +Q S S S E Q E E a +E +S S H
e|---10b12==(10)r(10)--8h10p8----8--|----8-10b12==(10)r(10)p8-------|
B|----------------------------10----|-10----------------------10----|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
S S E S S S S a +E +S S E E
e|-10p8------------------------------------|
B|------10-10p8---8-10b12==(10)r(10)p8---8-|
G|--------------9----------------------9---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Coda
+E E Q E E S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E 4x
e|---------------------||-----------------------------||
B|-(8)-----------------||o---------------------------o||
G|-----9-7-----------5-||-----------------------------||
D|----------10-7-5h7---||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||
A|---------------------||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||
E|---------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||
[Chorus]
&
E E S S S S E S S +S S E E E S S S S E S S +S S E
e|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
D|-------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7-|-------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7-||
A|-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-|-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------||
[Outro]
PM-------------------------
E E S S E S S S S +S S E
e|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
A|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
|----------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
E E S S E S S S S +S S E E E S S E S S S S Q
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------------|--------------------5----|
A|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
PM----------------------|
E E S S E S S S S +S S E a Q a H.
e|----------------------------||---------12----------12-------|
B|----------------------------||o-15b17-(15)--15b17-(15)------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|
A|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-||o-----------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|
a Q a H.
e|--------12----------12------||
B|-15b17-(15)--15b17-(15)----o||
|----------------------------||
A|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E H
e|-------------------|-------------------*|
B|-------------------|-------------------*|
G|-9--7-(7)-9-(9)----|-/9--7-(7)-9\------*|
D|-9--7-(7)-9-(9)----|-/9--7-(7)-9\------*|
A|-7--5-(5)-7-(7)----|-/7--5-(5)-7\------*|
E|-------------------|-------------------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| s Slap
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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