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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....


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

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About this song

"Ace of Spades" by Motörhead is a speed metal anthem known for its relentless energy and iconic riff. Lemmy Kilmister's gritty vocals and distorted bass playing drive the song, while Eddie Clarke's aggressive guitar work adds to its raw power. The song's fast tempo and aggressive attitude solidified Motörhead's reputation as pioneers of the heavy metal genre.