Ace Of Spades Tab by Motörhead

Ace Of Spades tab by Motörhead

Guitar Tab

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....

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -


|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--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...


|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--@---------------@---------------|--@---------------@---------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--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~~~~~----------|
|--0H3-5/75--------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

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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