[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] 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?) 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]
BPM 120 - just voice and chords [Chorus] [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me, [F] but I [C] won't feel [G] blue; [Dm] like I [Dm] always [G7] do .. 'cause [G] somewhere in the crowd there's [C] you
[Verse] [C] I was sick and tired of [Em] everything, when I [Dm] called you last night from [G6] Glas [G] gow [C] All I do is eat and sleep and [Em] sing, wishing [Dm] every show was the [G6] last [G] show
[F] So imagine I was [C] glad to hear you're coming, [F] suddenly I feel all [C] right [F] And it's gonna be so [C] different, when I'm on the stage to [G7] night
[Chorus - TRY IMPLYING THE BACKING 'SOO PER PER MALE VOCALS' WITH GUITAR RHYTHM - xXXx] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] lights are gonna find me, [F] shining [C] like the [G] sun, [Dm] smiling, having [G7] fun; [G] feeling like a number [C] one Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me, [F] but I [C] won't feel [G] blue, [Dm] like I always [G7] do ... 'cause [G] somewhere in the crowd there's [C] you
[Intro music - C9, Asus2, Dsus2 and G9 at points] [C][Am][Dm][G7]
[Verse] [C] Facing twenty thousand of your [Em] friends, [Dm] how can anyone be so [G6]lone [G]ly? [C] Part of a success that never [Em]ends, [Dm] still I'm thinking about you [G6]on [G]ly (Still I'm thinking about you only) [F] There are moments when I [C]think I'm going crazy (Think I'm going crazy) [F] But it's gonna be al [C] right (You'll soon be changing everything) [F] Everything will be so [C] different When I'm on the stage to [G7] night
[Chorus] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] lights are gonna find me, [F] shining [C] like the [G] sun, [Dm] smiling, having [G7] fun [G] feeling like a number [C] one Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me, [F] but I [C] won't feel [G] blue, [Dm] like I always [G7] do .. 'cause [G] somewhere in the crowd there's [C] you
[Verse] So I'll be [F] there when you ar [C] rive; the sight of [F] you will prove to [G] me I'm still [C] alive And when you [C] take me in your [F] arms, and hold me [Dm] tight ......... I [F] know it's gonna mean so much [G] tonight
[Chorus - Just bass drum and minimal chords] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] lights are gonna find me [F] Shining [C] like the [G] sun [Dm] Smiling, having [G7] fun [G] Feeling like a number [C] one [Chorus - Full drums] Tonight the [C] Super [F] Trouper [C] beams are gonna blind me [F] But I [C] won't feel [G] blue [Dm] Like I always [G7] do 'Cause [G] somewhere in the crowd there's [C] you [Repeat Ad infinitum]
[Notes] [Intro Riff] Ch C Am E 0-0-1-3--------------------0-------- B 1-1-----3--3--1-(repeat)--1---0-0--- G 0-0----------------------2--------2- D 2----------------------------------- A 3-----------------------0----------- E X------------------------------
Ch Dm G E 5-----5----------3------------- B 6-6-8--5--5-6----0-0-1-3------- G 7------7--7-7----0-------2--2-0 D 7------7--7-7----0------------- A 5------5--5-5----X------------- E X----------------3-------------
