Ambulance Blues Neil Young
Tune down 1 whole step (D G C F A D)
Plectrum is of no use for this song. Neil plays it in a kind of freestyle clawhammer way:
downstrokes are hit with the edge of the thumb, upstroke hit with middle or ring finger
(held in shape of a 'claw'). The tab's not perfect, but the structure is fairly
accurate, and it should be a good start.
Downstrokes are marked ^
Intro:
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
d|---------------------0---0-----|-0h3---------3-------3-------3--| A|-1-------1---1-h-3-------1-----|-1-------1---1-------1---1---1--| F|-0-------0---------------0-----|-0-------0---0-------0---0---0--| C|-2-------2---------------2-----|-2-------2---------------2------| G|-3-------3---------------------|-3-------3---------------3------| D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[C] [C/G]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|-3-------3---3---3---1---1-----|-1---1---1---0---0---0---0---0--| |-1-------1---1---1---1---1-----|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--| |-2-------2---2---2---2---2-----|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| |-3-------3-------3-------3-----|-3-------3-------3-------3------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[F/G] [F] [Fmaj7]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--| |-1-------1---1---0h1-----1---0--|-0-------0---0---0h3-----3---0--| |-2-------2---2---2-------2---2--|-0-------0---0---0-------0---0--| |-2-------2-------2-------2---2--|-2-------2-------2-------2------| |-0-------0-------0-------0------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Am] [Em(7)]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|-2-----------2-------0-------2--|-----2-------0------------------| |-3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--| |-2-------2---2---2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| |-0-------0-------0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[D] [D]
Verse
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|---------------------0---0-----|-0h3---------3-------3-------3--| |-1-------1---1-h-3-------1-----|-1-------1---1---1---1---1---1--| |-0-------0---------------0-----|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--| |-2-------2---------------2-----|-2-------2-------2-------2------| |-3-------3---------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[C] [C/G]
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|-3-------3---3---3---1---1-----|-1---1---1---0---0---0---0---0--| |-1-------1---1---1---1---1-----|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1--| |-2-------2---2---2---2---2-----|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--| |-3-------3-------3-------3-----|-3-------3-------3-------3------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--| |-1-------1---1---1---1---1---1--|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--| |-2-------2---2---2---2---2---2--|-0-------0---0---0---0---0---0--| |-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| |-0-------0-------0-------0------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| |--------------------------------|-----------------0-------0------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|-2-------2---2---2---2---------|-2---2---2---2-----------2---0---| |-3-------3---3---3---3---------|-3---3---3---3-----------3---0---| |-2-------2---2---2---2---------|-2---2---2---2-----------2---0---| |-0-------0-------0-------------|-0-------0---------------0-------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------0h2---|-----------------0h2-------------|
Play this with variations throughout (e.g., Em to Em7, D to Dsus2, Am to Asus2 or Asus4, etc.)
Other parts of song have straightforward picking pattern:
[(G)]Oh, Isabella, proud Isabella,
[(Am)]They tore you down and ploughed you under
[(Bm)]You're only real with your [(C)]make-up on
[(G)] How could I see you[(D)] and stay too long
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