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