Queen-Under Pressure - BPM - 114
[Intro - BPM 114 - No drums]Riff over D A/D G/D A/D
E ------------------5----repeat with A/D and G/D lifting first finger off 5th fret on A
B 7---------7----8--7----5-5---3-3--5-5---
G 7---------7-x2-7--7----6-6---4-4--6-6---
D 7---------7----7--7----7-7---5-5--7-7---
A 5-5-5-555-0-------5----5-0---5-0--5-0---
E --------
(mute chords a bit so dont play low bass notes by accident and controls ring)
[D] [A/D-x57655 or xx0220] [G/D-55433] [A/D]
[D] Boom, boom, bah, bah
[A/D-xx0220] Boom, boom, bah, bay
B [G/D-xx0001] b boom, bah, bay, bay. [A/D]
[Verse 1 - Drums in]
[D] Pressure pushing [A/D] down on me
Pressing [G/D] down on you, no man ask [A/D] for
Under [D] pressure that burns a [A/C#] building down
Splits a [G/B] family in two
Puts [A] people on streets
[D] Boom, bah, bay, bay, [A/C#] boom, bah, bay, bay
Do [G/B] day dah do day dah, [A] that's okay
[Verse 2 - Bass drum on all quarter notes - no snare]
It's the [G] terror of knowing
What this [A/G-3x222x] world is about
[G] Watching some good friends
Screaming [A/G] , "Let me out!"
Pray [G] tomorrow gets me [A/G] higher
Pressure [D/F#]on [D/F#]people - people [G]on the [A]streets
[Drums stop]
[Intro riff over D]
[D] Day, day, dee, dee dee oo, oo, bop. Okay!
[Verse 3 - Sing some of this low - Drums back in]
[D] Chippin' around, [A/D] kick my brains 'round the floor
[G/D] These are the da [A/D*] ys - it never rains but it pours
[D] De doh, dah, d [A/C#] oh, de, de, doh, dah, doh
[G/B] Mm, dah ,doh , [A] ba ,la ,lop
[D] People on streets, de, dah, [A/C#] de, dah, day
[G/B] People on streets, de, dah, [A] de, dah, de, dah
[Verse 4 - Bass drum on all quarter notes - no snare]
It's the [G] terror of knowing
What this [A/G] world is about
[G] Watching some good friends
Screaming [A/G] , "Let me out!"
Pray [G] tomorrow gets me [A/G] higher higher higher...
Pressure [D/F#]on [D/F#]people, people [G]on the [A]streets
[Verse 5 - Drums stop - SING OCTAVE DOWN - DON'T TRY TO KEEP UP WITH FREDDIE]
Turned a
[G] way from it all like a [C] blind man
[G] Sat on a fence but it [C]don't work (bass drum come back in)
Keep [G] coming up with love but it's so [C] slashed and torn
(perhaps just play chords here to imply the vocals?)
[DONT SING FREDDIE BIT - VOCALS COME BACK IN ON 'Love']
Why [Am] , why, [F] why. [G/F-1x0003] ..? [F] [G/F]
[A] Love
In [A]sanity (drums stop)laughs under pressure we crack
(snare pick up in)+[G] Can't we
[Verse 6 - Full drums]
[D] give ourselves one more [G] chance? [A] Why [G] can't we
[D] give love that one more [G] chance? [A] Why [G] can't we
[D] give love, give love, [G] give love, [A] give lo [G] ve,
[D] give love, give [A/C#] love?..
[Verse 7]
'Cause [G/B] love's such an [A] old-fashioned
[D] word And love [A/C#]dares you to [G/B]care for
The [A]people on the
[D]edge of the [A/C#]night And love [G/B]dares you to
[A] change our way of (backward drums)
[G] Caring a [A/G] bout ourselves
[G] This is our [A/G] last dance
[G] This is our [A/G] last dance
[D/F#] This is our[G] selves[A] .... Under
(original riff back in)
[D] pressure, under pressure, [G] [A7]
[D] pressure [G] [A7]