"Ambition" by New Model Army (from the album "No Rest for the Wicked")
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- 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
q q q q q q q q
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++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