[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]
[INTRO] [C] x 8 - no drums for first 4, then drums for next 4 E ------ B ------ G ------ D 5-5--5 A 3-3--3 E ----3-
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 4 E ---------------------------------------- B -----1----11-1-1---------1----11-1-1 G 3----2----00-0-0----3----2----00-2-0---- D 3----3----20-2-2----3----3----20-x-2---- A 1------------3-3----1------------3-3---- E ----------------------------------------
[VERSE 1] [C] Some boys kiss me, [C] some boys hug me [Bb] I think they're [Am] O.K. [C] If they don't give me [C] proper credit [Dm] I just walk [C] away [C] They can beg and [C] they can plead [Bb] But they can't see the [Am] light, that's right [C] Cause the boy with the [C] cold hard cash Is [Dm] always Mister [C] Right, 'cause we are
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 2
[VERSE 2] [C] Some boys romance, [C] some boys slow dance [Bb] That's all right with [Am] me [C] If they can't raise my [C] interest then I [Dm] Have to let them [C] be [C] Some boys try and [C] some boys lie but [Bb] I don't let them play[Am] [C] Only boys who [C] save their pennies [Dm] Make my rainy[C] day, 'cause we are
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl ([Bb][F])
[F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 4
[MAN VOCAL BIT] [C] Living in a material world (material) [Bb] Living in a [C] material world [C] Living in a material world (material) [Bb] Living in a [C] material world
[VERSE 3] [C] Boys may come and [C] boys may go [Bb] And that's all right you [Am] see [C] Experience has [C] made me rich And [Dm] now they're after [C] me, 'cause everybody's
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl ([Bb][F])
[CHORUS] [F]Liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl [Am] You know that we are [F]liv [G]ing in a ma [G]terial [Am]world And I [F] am a ma [G]terial girl
[VAMP - Play some individual notes as well] [Bb][F][C][C] x 2 (STOP)
[STOP] [C] A material, a material, a material, a material [C] (musicback) World - Living in a material world (material) [Bb] Living in a mat [C] erial world [C] (musicback) World - Living in a material world (material)
[End - play snare on all hits in 'rial world'] [Bb] Living in a mat [C] erial world
