Ambulance Blues Ver 1 by Neil Young
Neil Young - Ambulance Blues ver 1 guitar tab
Ambulance Blues by Neil Young
Tabbed by PlasmaXWisp
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 3rd fret
For the first G chords of the lines, start from the low E string, and pick downwards, then hammer on the B string the third fret from the capo to pick up the melody (denoted *). On the following C chord, you must hammer on the same note (third fret, B string), play the regular C, then pull-off your index finger to let the B string ring open for a moment. There are various other hammer-ons and pull-offs in the song, that you just have to listen for, but those are the main ones.
G * C
Back in the old folky days
Em A
The air was magic when we played
G * C
The river boat was rocking in the rain
Em A
Midnight was the time for the raid
D
Oh Isabella, Proud Isabella
Em
They tore you down and plowed you under
F#m G
You're only real with your makeup on
D A
How could I see you and stay too long
G * C
All along the Navaho Trail
Em A
burnouts stub their toes on garbage pails
G * C
Waitresses are crying in the rain
Em A
Will their boyfriends pass this way again?
D
Oh Mother Goose, she's on the skids
Em
the shoe ain't happy neither are the kids
F#m G
She needs someone that she can scream at
D A
And I'm such at heel for making her so bad
G * C
I guess I'll call it sickness gone
Em A
It's hard to say the meaning to this song
G * C
An ambulance can only go so fast
Em A
It's easy to get buried in the past
G * C Em A
When you try to make a good thing last
Harmonica Solo: D G D G Em (x3)
D
I saw today, in the entertainment section
Em
There's room at the top for private detection
F#m G
To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter
D A
But it's either that or pay off the kidnappers
G * C
So all you critics sit alone
Em A
You're no better than me for what you've shown
G * C
With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
Em A
We could get together for some scenes
Harmonica Solo: D G D G Em (x3)
D
Well I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive
Em
and out on the corner it's half past five
F#m G
But the subways are empty and so are the cafes
D A
Except for the Farmer's Market and I can still hear him sayin'
G * C
"You're all just pissin' in the wind
Em A
You don't know it but you are"
G * C
And there ain't nothing like a friend
Em A
Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind
Harmonica Solo: D G D G Em (x3)
D
I never knew a man could tell so many lies
Em
he had a different story for every set of eyes
F#m G
How can he remember who he's talking to?
D A
'Cause I know it ain't me and I hope it isn't you
Outro: G * C Em A (x2) D
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