[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]
[Intron - Just bass drum] A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 (x3) [Full drums] F-riff - Strum to F to Fmaj7 and pull off 1st finger on 1st fret of high E to open E to imply the sax part (F-riff) D5 (F-riff) D5 (F-riff) C A7sus4 (F-riff) G (x2)
[Verse 1 - Snare is muted downstrum on strings - not slap] A Asus4 A Asus4 Winding your way down on Baker Street A Asus4 A Asus4 Lite in your head, and dead on your feet Em G Well an- other crazy day, you drink the night away D Dsus4 D And for- get about e- very- thing
A Asus4 A Asus4 This city desert makes you feel so cold, it's got A Asus4 A Asus4 So many people but it's got no soul Em G And it's taken you so long to find out you were wrong D Dsus4 D When you thought it held e- very- thing
[Chorus 1] Dm7 Am Asus2 Am You used to think that it was so ea- sy Dm7 Am Asus2 Am You used to say that it was so ea- sy C G D Dsus2 - D - Dsus4 - D But you're tryin, you're tryin now Dm7 Am Asus2 Am Another year and then you'd be ha- ppy Dm7 Am Asus2 Am Just one more year and then you'd be ha- ppy C G A F But you're cryin', you're cryin' now
[Instrumental] D5 F D5 F C A7sus4 G F D5 F D5 F C A7sus4 G F
[Verse 2] A Asus2 A Asus2 Way down the street there's a light in his place A Asus2 A Asus2 He opens the door, he's got that look on his face Em G And he asks you where you've been, you tell him who you've seen D Dsus4 D And you talk about a- ny- thing
A Asus2 A Asus2 He's got this dream a- bout buyin' some land A Asus2 A Asus2 He's gonna give up the booze and the one night stands Em G And then he'll settle down, in some quiet little town D Dsus4 D And for- get about e- very- thing
[Chorus 2] Dm7 Am Asus2 Am But you know he'll always keep mo- ving Dm7 Am Asus2 Am You know he's never gonna stop mo- ving C G D Cause he's rollin', he's the rolling stone Dm7 Am Asus2 Am And when you wake up it's a new mor- ning Dm7 Am Asus2 Am The sun is shining it's a new mor- ning C G A F And you're going, you're going home
[Instrumental] D5 F D5 F C A7sus4 G F (x2)
A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 (x3)
D5 F D5 F C A7sus4 G F fade D5 F D5 F C A7sus4 G F