The Hold Steady – The Ambassador (Guitar)

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https://open.spotify.com/track/5KWuVcZlQe4TL6QkaQF1qU Worked out on request Lyddite If you like my "work" don't hesitate to add favorite or to give it the STARS it deserves (with explanation?). Here is the list of all the songs I did upload for UG: https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/contribution/3817887-frans.vanuytv/tabs?sort=-date&page=1&per-page=50 ATTENTION for Intro 1: e is eight note, q is quart note, s is sixteenth not and . means pointed beat) ATTENTION: All chords for 4 beats OR count the * [Intro 1] (Drum, look above) | e. s e q e q | e. s e q e q | | e. s e q e q | e. s e q e q | [Intro 2] (Starts at 0.13) | D | D | D | G | | D | D | D | G | [Verse 1]
                  D                            D
While you were in Michigan she was pretty much living in,

  D                            G
a 3.2 bars a stretch to call a club.

                    D                             D
It was called The Ambassador, she was pretty much crashing there,

    D                                  G
the space between the skin and all her blood.
[Chorus 1]
    E7                  G               D            D
The nights were hot and hissing like an iron,

    E7                  G            D            D
the days spent climbing walls like a vine.
[Verse 2]
           D                      D
A Bay City tire shop, it's just a temporary stop,

  D                                       G
a touchdown on a trip that was mostly undefined.

                     D                                        D
While you were still staying there all the halls smelled like burning hair,

       D                           G
in the end it made you sick but at first you didn't mind.
[Chorus 2]
    E7                  G               D            D
The nights were hot and hissing like an iron,

    E7                  G                E7
the day were cold and crushed you like a can.

G
Years spent faking pain and making plans.
[Bridge 1]
C** G**    D
       I'm pretty sure you'd recognize these guys

C** G**          D
       that were asking around for you just the other night.

C** G**          D
       There was blood on the bed and the lights in their eyes,

C** G*
       if you came around the back we could take them by sur - [Interlude] prise.
[Interlude] | D | D | D | G | [Verse 3]
                     D                   D
Your friend from the tire shop, he keeps talking about some rock,

     D                                       G
like he wants something hard to hit his head on.

                D                             D
You said he's a mystic, well, I know he's not Catholic,

           D                                   G
he's got a cross all upside down carved in his arm.
[Chorus 2]
    E7                  G               D            D
The nights were hot and hissing like an iron,

    E7                 G                    E7
the days were cold and   crushed you like a can.

G
Years spent faking pain and making plans.
[Bridge 2]
C** G**    D
       I'm pretty sure you'd recognize these guys

C** G**          D
       that were asking around for you just the other night.

C** G**          D
       There was blood on the bed and the lights in their eyes.
C** G* [Outro 1]
              Bm**    D**              Bm**       D
When you came back to us in South Minneapolis

           Bm**            D**               G
you said revenge exists outside of space and time.

                  Bm**      D**                     Bm**      D**
Back behind The Ambassador,   man, it feels kind of magical,

             Bm**              D**                  G        E7       G
I guess your friend can really move things with his mind.
[Outro 2]
                    D                                D
It was called The Ambassador, there wasn't much diplomatic there,

    D                                  G*
the space between the skin and all the blood.