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