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 --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - 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 ----------- | - 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