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Song
"Ambition" by New Model Army (from the album "No Rest for the Wicked")
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Transcribed by : Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)
- this is the bass line of the live version in the "Live Rarities" LP
Notation :
w : whole /: slide up
h : half R : rest
q : quarter +++: tied notes
e : 8th \ : slide down
s : 16th <>: harmonic
Intro-Riff
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e e e e q e e++++++e e e e e e e e
G-|-17--R---17--R---17-----R--16---|-16--16--R---16--16--16--16--R----| D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff I
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q e e q e e q e e q e e
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|-5----------5---7----------7----|-5----------5---7----------7------| A-|--------7--------------7--------|--------7--------------7----------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q e e q e e q e e q e e
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|/9----------9-/-10---------10---|/12---------12--10-----9---7------| A-|--------10-------------12-------|--------12------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff II
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q e e q e e q e e q e e
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|-5----------5---7----------7----|-5----------5---7----------7------| A-|--------7--------------7--------|--------7--------------7----------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff III
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q e q e e e q e q e e e
G-|--------------------------------|-4--------------------------------| D-|-2------R---2------0---5---7----|--------7---5------3---2---0------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q e q e e e q e q e e e
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|--------------------------------|---------------------------0------| A-|-2------R---2------0---2---0----|-2------R---2------0---2----------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Riff IV
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q q q q q e e q q
G-|--------------------------------|--------4---2---4-----------------| D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A-|-3------3-------3------3--------|-2----------------------2---------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q q q q q q e e q
G-|--------------------------------|--------4-------4---2---4---------| D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A-|-3------3-------3------3--------|-2--------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A-|-3------3-------3------3--------|-2------2-------2-------2---------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|-0------0-------0------0--------|-0------0-------0-------0---------|
Riff V
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q e q e q q e q e q
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|-2------R---2------R---2--------|-3------R---3------R---3----------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
q e q e q q e q e q
G-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| D-|-5------R---5------R---5--------|-3------R---3------R---3----------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Solo I
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e e e e q e e++++++e e e e e e e e
G-||-12--R---12--R---12-----R--12---|-12--12--R---12--12--12--12--12-|| D-||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| A-||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| E-||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
e e e e q e e++++++e e e e e e e e
G-||-17--R---17--R---17-----R--16---|-16--16--R---16--16--16--16--R--|| D-||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| A-||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|| E-||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
Solo II
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h h w+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
G-|-16--------------17-------------|-19-------------------------------| D-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
+++h e e e e w
G-|-19--------------17--16------16-|-19-------------------------------| D-|-------------------------19-----|----------------------------------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
e e e e e e e e w+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
G-|-17--16------16--17--16------16-|-19-------------------------------| D-|---------19--------------19-----|----------------------------------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
+++e e e e e e e e h+q+e e
G-|-19--17--16------16--17--16-----|------------------------------12\-| D-|-------------19--------------19-|-17-------------------------------| A-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Intro : Guitar (2 bars)
Intro-Riff (x2)
1st Verse : Riff I
Riff II (x8)
Riff III
Riff IV
Bridge : Solo I
2nd Verse : Riff I
Riff II (x8)
Riff III
Riff IV (with 4 bars of E instead of 2)
Bridge : Solo II
3rd Verse : Riff I
Riff V (x4)
Riff III
Riff IV (with 4 bars of E instead of 2)
End : only guitar then
G-|-<12>---------------------------| D-|-<12>---------------------------| A-|--------------------------------| E-|--------------------------------|
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