Band: The Divine Comedy
Title: Bad Ambassador
Album: Regenration
Submitted by: Russell "Zim" West

THis song is probably the best on the newest album!! well done neil!! (watch out i
tabbed this whilst i was slight;y drunk!! oops!!) but all should be ok!!)
this is more the acoustic version from the telegraph free cd, but it goes with the 
album version too!!

Intro riff (also repeated at end of chorus!! Supposedly!!)

e----7-----0---------7----------
B------0------7--7b9----9-7b5---
G--------5----------------------
D--0----------------------------
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------

Chord riff for verse!! If u play wiv cd u'll understand!!
  E                         C#m    D   A     D7

e-0------0------0-----0---¦--0--¦--0-¦--0--¦--2--¦--0----
B-0------0------0-----0---¦--0--¦--0-¦--0--¦--1--¦--0----
G-13-----12-----11----16--¦--6--¦--7-¦--2--¦--2--¦--0----
D-14-----14-----14----14--¦--6--¦--7-¦--2--¦--0--¦--0----
A-14-----14-----14----14--¦--0--¦--0-¦--0--¦--x--¦--x----
E-0------0------0-----0---¦--0--¦--0-¦--0--¦--x--¦--x----

E 
I wanna chill,I wanna sit real still
E
I wanna sleep like the dead on a bed of roses
C#m       D
Me and my lovely wife
A            D7
We're in the prime of life

E
I wanna feel real, I wanna free-wheel
E
I wanna steal the show from under their noses
C#m     Bm
I wanna get you off
A             G#m
Ain't that enough?

          F#m            F#
I'm gonna abseil down my ivory tower
    B            B7
And buy myself a jaguar


     C#m   C#m7  A      F#  (Riff run up: F#, G, G#, A, Bb, B)
I'm a bad  am-----bassador
C         A7                  D7        B7
For that elusive place you're searching for
        C#m  C#m7  C#m6    Am9
I wanna show you   so much more
    (intro Riff)     E
But maybe some other time


I wanna play with the big boys
I wanna ride with tough guys
On a japanese motorbike
I wanna hold your hand
Hey, What's your favoutrite band?

I wanna look like they looked
I wanna shake like they shook
I wanna take what they took
I wanna get you high
Don't ask me why

Coz it's just something I've got to do
I'll try to make it up to you

I'm a bad ambassador
C         A7                  D7        B7
For that elusive place you're searching for
        C#m C#m7   C#m6     Am9
I wanna show you   so much more
   (Intro Riff)      E
But maybe some other time
   (Intro Riff)        C
Yeah, maybe some other time

Guitar Solo:

     C			      D
 
e-----------------------------¦----------------------------------
B-----------------------------¦----------------------------------
G-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9------¦-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-----------
D-----------------------------¦----------------------------------
A-----------------------------¦----------------------------------
E-----------------------------¦----------------------------------


 E

e-----------------¦---------¦--------------¦-0------------¦-0--------------------
B--------9b10--9--¦-------8-¦-------7b8--7-¦-9--10--9-----¦-9--------------------
G-----------------¦---------¦--------------¦-----------11-¦----11--9-------------
D--9--9-----------¦-8--8----¦-7--7---------¦--------------¦-----------9--11------
A-----------------¦---------¦--------------¦--------------¦----------------------
E-----------------¦---------¦--------------¦--------------¦----------------------

C#m                  D               A				    D7

e------------------¦---------------¦--------12----12----12h14-14b¦15-14b15--------
B------------------¦----12--12h14--¦-12h14----14----14-----------¦----------------
G--9------9--11--9s¦13-------------¦-----------------------------¦----------------
D-----11-----------¦---------------¦-----------------------------¦----------------
A------------------¦---------------¦-----------------------------¦----------------
E------------------¦---------------¦-----------------------------¦----------------

tHERES ANOTHER BIT THATS SLIGHTLY MORE COMPLICATED!! i HAVEN'T MANAGED TO WORK THAT BIT 


         F#
Well I'm not the pope and I don't wanna be
    B              B7
The Arch Bishop of Canterbury


I'm a bad ambassador
For that elusive place you're searching for
I wanna show you so much more
Yeah I could show you so much more
But I'm a bad ambassador
Well, Maybe some other time...