[ Ambulance Blues von Neil Young ]




	AMBULANCE BLUES - NEIL YOUNG

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	from: ON THE BEACH




	NOTES: Guitar tune down one step: DGCFAD



	Harmonica: Bb



	Picking Pattern:

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	G--3-------3-------3-------------------------

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   C---------------------------------->

	INTRO:

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   C -----------------------> F---------->

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   F---> Fmaj7----> Am-------> Em------->

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	C                      F   
	Back in the old folky days 
	Am           Em             D
	The air was magic when we played 
	C                                 F
	The riverboat was rockin' in the rain 
	Am               Em           D
	Midnight was the time for the raid
	G                           
	Oh, Isabela, proud Isabela
	Am
	They tore you down and plowed you under
	Bm                          C 
	You're only real with your make-up on 

	G                        D
	How could I see you and stay too long
	C                      F
	All along the Navajo Trail
	Am                    Em              D
	Burn-outs stub their toes on garbage pails. 
	C                             F
	Waitresses are cryin' in the rain 
	Am                    Em             D
	Will their boyfriends pass this way again
	G       
	Oh, Mother Goose, she's on the skids 
	Am
	Sure ain't happy, neither are the kids
	Bm                 C
	She needs someone that she can scream at 
	G                    D
	And I'm such a heel for makin' her feel so bad
	C                              F       
	I guess I'll call it sickness gone 
	Am                   Em              D
	It's hard to say the meaning of this song
	C                           F 
	An ambulance can only go so fast    
	Am                Em           D  
	It's easy to get buried in the past 
	C                           F    Am  Em  D
	When you try to make a good thing last

	Harmonica:  G  C  G  C  Am     G  C  G  C  Am

	G
	I saw today in the entertainment section 
	Am
	There's room at the top for private detection 
	Bm              C
	To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter 
	G                   D
	But it's either that or pay off the kidnapper 
	C                        F     
	So all you critics sit alone 
	Am                   Em                   D
	You're no better than me for what you've shown 
	C                           F
	With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
	Am               Em              D We could get
	together for some scenes 


	Harmonica:  G  C  G  C  Am  G  C  G  C  Am G             


	Well, I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive 
	And out on the corner it's half past five 
	But the subways are empty
	And so are the cafes        
	Except for the Farmer's Market 
	And I still can hear him say 

	You're all just pissin' in the wind 
	You don't know it but you are   
	And there ain't nothin' like a friend 
	Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind 

	I never knew a man could tell so many lies 
	He had a different story for every set of eyes 
	How can he remember who he's talking to 
	Cause I know it ain't me, and hope it isn't you