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
|------------||-----------------------------||
|------------||o---------------------------o||
|------------||-----------------------------||
|------------||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||
|------------||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||
|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||
Verse
$
$$
W W W E. S +E E +E Q.
|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------------|
|-5--------|-5--------|-5--------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5----|
|-5--------|-5--------|-5--------|-5--5-(5)-5-(5)-5----|
|-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
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)-12-|---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12-------------|
|---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
||-----------------------------------------|
||o---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)-12-|
||----14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)-12-|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|
To Coda
E a +E +S +E. E. S +E E W W
|----------------------------------------|----------|-----------||
|---14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)-12-------------|----------|----------o||
|---14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)-12--14-(14)---|-7--------|-5---------||
|----------------------------------------|-7--------|-5---------||
|----------------------------------------|-5--------|-3--------o||
|----------------------------------------|----------|-----------||
Chorus
D.S.
E E S S S S E S S +S S E 4x
||-----------------------------||-|
||o---------------------------o||-|
||-----------------------------||-|
||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||-|
||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||-|
Bridge
PM----------------------|
E E S S S S E S S +S S E Q Q Q Q
||-----------------------------||--------------|
||o---------------------------o||--------------|
||-----------------------------||-9--------7---|
||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||-9--------7---|
||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||-7--------5---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||--------------|
Q Q H W W E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|------------|----------|----------|-----------------------------|
|------------|----------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-9----------|----------|----------|-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|
|-9----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-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
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
|-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----||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|------||
|-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
|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----5-7p5---5h7----|-7p5---7p5---7p5---7p5-----|
|-0h3-5s7s5--3h5p3---3--|-5s7-------7--------|-----7-----7-----7-----7---|
|------------------5----|--------------------|---------------------------|
a +E. S +E E +E E S S E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7b9-(7)-7-(7)-5-(5)-------5-|
|---------------------7-5h7---|
|-----------------------------|
|-3-|
a E E S S S S a E E a +Q E E S S S E Q +Q
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-10-10-------------------|
|-------------------7-9b11==(9)--|--9r(9)-7h9p7---7--(7)--|
|-----7-9p7---7-8s9--------------|--------------9----------|
|-7s9-------9--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-/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-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-12-12-13-13-14-xSxSx-|
|-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
|---10b12==(10)r(10)--8h10p8----8--|----8-10b12==(10)r(10)p8-------|
|----------------------------10----|-10----------------------10----|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
S S E S S S S a +E +S S E E
|-10p8------------------------------------|
|------10-10p8---8-10b12==(10)r(10)p8---8-|
|--------------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
|---------------------||-----------------------------||
|-(8)-----------------||o---------------------------o||
|-----9-7-----------5-||-----------------------------||
|----------10-7-5h7---||--------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7--||
|---------------------||o-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-o||
|---------------------||--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
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7-|-------------9-x-8-(8)-8-7-||
|-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-|-------------7-x-7-(7)-7-7-||
|-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
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-/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
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------5----|
|-/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.
|----------------------------||---------12----------12-------|
|----------------------------||o-15b17-(15)--15b17-(15)------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-||o-----------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------------|
a Q a H.
|--------12----------12------||
|-15b17-(15)--15b17-(15)----o||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|---------------------------o||
|----------------------------||
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E H
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
|-9--7-(7)-9-(9)----|-/9--7-(7)-9------*|
|-9--7-(7)-9-(9)----|-/9--7-(7)-9------*|
|-7--5-(5)-7-(7)----|-/7--5-(5)-7------*|
|-------------------|-------------------*|
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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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
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
