[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]
[New Intro - fuller sounding on acoustic - Scroll down past tab for chords] [Play 1 on E string and other key notes in the riff with upstroke / up-pluck] E x-x-----1-------------------------------------------- B 3-3-1-3-3-3-3-1---3------------------------------------- G 0-0-------------3-0--0-3--0--3--5--------------------- D 0-0---------------0--0-3--0--3--5-------------------- A x-x---------------x----------1--3--------------------- E 3-3---------------3----------------------------------
E x-x-----1-3-3---------------------------------------- B 3-3-1-3-------1---3------------------------------------- G 0-0-------------3-0--0-3--0--------------------------- D 0-0---------------0--0-3--0--3--5-------------------- A x-x---------------x----------3--5--------------------- E 3-3---------------3----------1--3--------------------
[Verse 1] [G5] Now look at them yo-yo's that's the way you do it [C] [G5] You play the guitar on the [Bb] M.T [C] .V. [G5] That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and [F] chicks for [G5] free [G5] Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do [C] it [G5] Lemme tell ya them [Bb] guys ain't [C] dumb [G5] Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a [F] blister on your [G5] thumb
[Chorus] [Eb] We gotta install [Bb] microwave ovens [Eb] Custom kitchen de [F] liveries [G5] We gotta move these refrigerators [C] We gotta move these [D] colour TV's [E]
[Verse 2] [G5] See the little faggot with the earring and the [C] makeup [G5] Yeah buddy that's [Bb] his own [C] hair [G5] That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he's a [F] millionaire [G5]
[Chorus] [Eb] We gotta install [Bb] microwave ovens [Eb] Custom kitchen de [F] liveries [G5] We gotta move these refrigerators [C] We gotta move these [D] colour TV's [E]
[Chorus] [Eb] We gotta install [Bb] microwave ovens [Eb] Custom kitchen de [F] liveries [G5] We gotta move these refrigerators [C] We gotta move these [D] colour TV's [E]
[Verse 3] [G5] I shouldda learned to play the guita [C] [G5] I shouldda learned to [Bb] play them [C] drums [G5] Look at that mama, she's got it stickin' in the camera Man we could [F] have some [G5] fun [G5] And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises [C] [G5] Bangin' on the bongoes like a [Bb] chimpa [C] nzee [G5] That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Get your money for nothin' [F] and chicks for [G5] free
[Chorus] [Eb] We gotta install [Bb] microwave ovens [Eb] Custom kitchen de [F] liveries [G5] We gotta move these refrigerators [C] We gotta move these [D] colour TV's [E]
[Bridge] [G5] Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do [C] it [G5] You play the guitar on the [Bb] M.T [C] .V. [G5] That ain't workin' that's the way you do it Money for nothin' and your [F] chicks for [G5] free [G5] Money for nothin [C] ' [G5] chicks for fre [Bb] e [C] [G5] Money for nothin' chicks for free [F][G5]