Neil Young - Ambulance Blues (Second Version) Chords and Tabs

Neil Young - Ambulance Blues Second Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Neil Young. Other chords and tabs for the "Ambulance Blues" can find at the bottom of the page.

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)                       (C)
You're only real with your make-up on
(G)                 (D)
How could I see you and stay too long