Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody
[Intro - BPM 71][Gm7]Is this the real life? [C7]Is this [Gm7]just [C7]fan - [Gm7]ta - [C7]sy?
[F7]Caught in a [Cm7]land - [F7]slide, no e [Bb]scape from
[Cm7]re - [Bb]a - [F7]li - [Bb]ty.
[Gm7]Open your eyes, look [Bb7]up to the skies and se [Eb]ee.
[Cm7]I'm just a poor boy, I[F7] need no sympathy, because I'm
[B]easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]little [Bb]high, [A]little [Bb]low.
[Eb]Any way the [Bb/D-x5333x]wind blows [C#dim7 - x42323]doesn't really
[F7/C]matter to me............................... too oo
[Bb]me (piano riff)
[Verse 1]
[Bb] Mama..........................., just [Gm]killed a man, put a
[Cm] gun against his head, pulled my [Cm7] trigger, now he's [F7] dead.
[Bb] Mama-------------------, life had [Gm]just begun, but
[Cm]now I've gone and [Eb/Cb-7x888x]thrown it [Eb/Bb-66888x]all .. a
[Am7b5-x01013]way................. [Abmaj7] ..[Eb/G-476454] ..
[Chorus]
[Eb]Mama.............., [Bb/D-x5333x] .... ooh ooh ooh [Cm] ooooooh ... didn't
[Fm]mean to make[Eaug - 032110] you [Ab/Eb-x66544]cry..... [Dm7b5 - xx0111] If
[Bb7]I'm not back again this time to
[Eb]morrow, carry [Bb/D-x5333x]on, carry [Cm]on ...... as if
[Abm]nothing really [Eb] matters....[Ab] [Eb] [Ebdim - x6787x] [Fm7]
[Bb] (piano riff - use harmonics at top and 3rd from top frets for G to F line)
[Verse 2]
[Bb]Too late ............... my [Gm] time has come, sends
[Cm] shivers down my spine, body's [Cm7]aching all the [F7] time.
[Bb]Goodbye everybody, I've [Gm]got to go....gotta
[Cm] leave you all be [Eb/Cb-7x888x] hind and [Eb/Bb] fa - a
[Am7b5-x01013] ce the truth.............. [Abmaj7] [Eb/G-476454]
[Chorus]
[Eb] Mama ..............[Bb/D].......ooh ooh ooh [Cm]ooh
[Fm] I don't wan [Eaug] na di [Ab/Eb] e, [Dm7b5] I
[Bb7]sometimes wish I'd never been born at all
[Solo - Full drums]
Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Dm7b5 - Bb7 Bb7 Bb7 Bb7
Eb Eb Bb/D Bb/D - Cm Cm Cm Cm
Fm x x Eaug - Ab/Eb x Dm7b5 x
Db x (x Db Db/C - broken triplet) - Db/Cb x Db/Bb x
(drums stop - piano chord vamp)
A A A A - A A A A
[Opera]
strum x5777x x07650 slide 1st and 2nd fingers down 1 fret to whilst
holding 7th fret with 3rd
x07540 x07650
(No drums - or at most just bass drum)
[D]I [A - x07650]see a [Adim]little [A]silhou [D]etto [A]of a [Adim]man.
[A - 577655]Scaram [D]ouche, [A]Scaram [D]ouche, [A - x07650]will you
[Adim]do the [A]Fan [D]dan [A - 577655]go?
(Straight drums - with double snare)
[Db/Ab]Thunderbolt and [Ab7]lightning, [C/G]very, very [E7]fright'ning [A]me.
(Drums stop)
[N.C - Strum A to Adim - x02320] - Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo, Gallileo - Gallileo
Fi (G5) ga (F5) ro (E5) - just play notes on bass string - E 3 1 0
[Eb arp]Magnifico-oh-oh-oh-oh... (sing each note of xx8886 - high down)
(No drums - or at most just bass drum)
[B]I'm [Bb]just a [A]poor [Bb]boy, [B]no [Bb]body [A]loves [Bb]me.
(Straight drums)
[Ab/Eb]He's [Eb]just a [Ebdim - x6787x]poor [Eb]boy
[Ab/Eb]from a [Eb]poor [Ebdim]fam - i - [Eb]ly.
[Ab]Spare him his [Eb/G]life from this [F7]monstrosi [Bb]ty.
(Drums stop)
[Ab] [Eb/G] [F#dim - xx4212] [Fm7]
(No drums - or at most just bass drum)
[B]Easy [Bb]come, [A]easy [Bb]go, [B]will you [Bb]let me [A]go?
(Accents with snare for rest of this section)
[Bb]Bis - [Eb]mil - [Bb]lah! [Eb]No .................
[Bb]We [Bb]will [Eb/Bb]not [Bb7]let [Eb/Bb]you [Bb]go.
[Eb] Let him go! Bismillah!
[Eb] We will not let you go. - Let him go! Bismillah! We will not let you go. - Let me go.
[Eb] Will not let you go. - Let me go. Will not let you go. - Let me go.
(Drums stop)
[F#7] Oh-oh-oh-oh...
(Snare on each chord)
[Bm]No, [A7]no, [D]no, [Db7]no, [Gb7]no, [Bb7]no, [Eb]no.
(Drums stop)
[N.C.] Oh, mamma mia, mamma mia,
(Snare on each chord)
[Eb]Mamma [Ab/Eb]mi - [Eb]a, [Ddim - xx0131 - barre 1]let [Cm7]me [Bb7]go...Be
(Straight drums)
[Eb]elze [Ab]bub has a [D7]devil put a [Gm]side for [Bb7]me,
for [Bb7]me, for [Bb7]meeeeee! (start to swing drums)
[Interlude - Heavy Riff - see notes at end]
| Eb | Eb | Eb | F |
[Bb] So you think you can stone me and [Eb] spit in my [Bb] eye. [Db]
[Bb] So you think you can love me and [Eb7] leave me to [Ab] die.
[Fm] Oh, [Bb] baby, [Fm] can't do this to me, [Bb] baby.
[Fm] Just gotta get [Bb] out, [Fm] just gotta get [Bb] right outta [Eb] here.
[Heavy Riff - see notes at end]
| (Eb) | Eb | Eb | F |
| Gbx3 Abx3 Ax3 | B7 | Ab7 | Bb7 ...
[Outro]
[Eb] Ooh___ [Bb/D] ________ [Cm] ___ [Bdim7 - x20101] Ooh [Cm] yeah,
[Bdim7] ooh [Cm] yeah........ [Bb7] [Eb]
half bar each - [D] [Gm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Cm] Nothing really [Gm] matters, [Cm] anyone can [Gm] see.
[Cm] Nothing really [Abm] matters, [Ab/Bb] nothing really matters to
[Eb] me [Ab] [Eb] [Ebdim7 - xx1212]
[Bb/D] [Bbm/Db - 9xx666]
[C7] [C7-9 - x32320 - just move first finger forward one fret]
[C7] [F]
[Bb]Any [F]way the [Abdim - xx6434]wind [Gm7]blows [F]
[End]
[Chords]
[C#dim7 - x42323 - barre 2], [Eb/Cb 7x888x], [Am7b5 - x01013], [Abmaj7 - 465544]
[Eaug - 032110], [Dm7b5 - xx0111], [Ebdim - x6787x], [Adim - x06434], [F#dim - xx4212]
[Ddim - xx0131 - barre 1], [Bdim7 - x20101]
[Ebdim7 - xx1212], [C7-9 - x32320], [Abdim - xx6434]
[Heavy Riff]
S = Strum pattern U = UP, D = DOWN
D = drums
E ------------------------
B 8-----------8-----------
G 8-------578-8-----------
D 8-5-6-8-578-8-5-6-8-----
A 6-5-6-8-356-6-5-6-8-----
E --3-4-6-------3-4-686---
--------------------------
D B--S--B--S--B--S--B--S--
S UdududUdududUdududUdudud
E ------------------------
B 8-----------10----------
G 8-------581010----------
D 8-5-6-8-5810107-8-10----
A 6-5-6-8-368-8-7-8-10-----
E --3-4-6-------5-6-8108---
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D B--S--B--S--B--S--B(--)-S
S UdududUdududUdududUdududU