Queen

Queen - Machines guitar tab

Machines (or 'Back To Humans')

Words and music by Brian May and Roger Taylor

Transcribed by Matt Notley, 10/99 - darkjedi47@yahoo.com

Updated 10/99

Intro:

Keyboard arr. for guitar (bell sound)

E|-3---3---3---3-|-3---3---3---3-|

B|-3---3---3---3-|-3---3---3---3-|

G|---------------|---------------|

D|---------------|---------------|

A|---------------|---------------|

E|---------------|---------------|

Guitar - (00:04)

(let ring)

E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

B|---3-------------3-------------|-3---------------3-------------|

G|-0-0-0---0-5-5---0-0-0---0-5-5-|-0-0-0---0-5-5---0-0-0---0-5-5-|

D|---0-0---0-5-5-----0-0---0-5-5-|---0-0---0-5-5-----0-0---0-5-5-|

A|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

w/bar (00:21)

E|-----------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|

B|-----------------------|-6---x6-x6-x6-|-x6---x6-x6-x6-|-x6---x6-x6-x6-|

G|-0-5---------0\!///5-|--------------|---------------|---------------|

D|---5---------0\!///5-|--------------|---------------|---------------|

A|---3---------0\!///--|--------------|---------------|---------------|

E|---3-------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|

E|---------------------|-----------------|

B|-6---6-6--6-5-3------|-----------------|

G|----------------5-b3-|-----------------|

D|---------------------|-x3-x2-x0--------|

A|---------------------|----------x3--b1-|

E|---------------------|-----------------|

(00:37)

E|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|

B|-6---6-6--6-5-3------|------------------------------------------------|

G|----------------5-b3-|------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------|-x3-x2-x0-x0------3-x3---3-x3---3-x3---x3-x2----|

A|---------------------|------------x3----1-x1---1-x1---1-x1---x1-x0-x5-|

E|---------------------|---------------------------------------------x3-|

E|-3--3-|

B|-3--3-|

G|-4--4-|

D|-5--5-|

A|-5--5-|

E|-3--3-|

Verse 1:

(00:54) (01:09) (01:18)

E|-------------------3--3-|----------------|-1---------|

B|-------------------3--3-|----------------|-1---------|

G|-2--2--------------4--4-|-2--2-----------|-2-----5---|

D|-3--3----5--3------5--5-|-3--3----5--3---|-3-----5---|

A|-3--3----3--1------5--5-|-3--3----3--1---|-3-----3---|

E|-1--1--------------3--3-|-1--1-----------|-1---------|

(01:26)

(let ring)

E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

B|---8-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8-|---10-10-----10-10-----10-10-----10-10-|

G|---7-7-----8-8-----7-7-----5-5-|----9--9------7--7------9--9------7--7-|

D|-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-|-7--7--7---7--7--7---7--7--7---7--7--7-|

A|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

(01:35) (01:43)

E|-----------------------------------------------------|---------3--3--|

B|----13-13------13-13------13-13------13-13-----12-10-|---------3--3--|

G|----10-10------10-10------12-12------12-12-----12-10-|---------4--4--|

D|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10--10-10--8-|---------5--5--|

A|-----------------------------------------------------|-5-5-----5--5--|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|-3-3-----3--3--|

(02:00)

E|-3--3-|

B|-3--3-|

G|-4--4-|

D|-5--5-|

A|-5--5-|

E|-3--3-|

Verse 2:

(02:07) (02:11)

E|------------------|--------------------------------3--3-|

B|------15b17\\!-|-----------18b20-20-20\\\!---3--3-|

G|------------------|-5--3---------------------------4--4-|

D|-3----------------|-5--3---------------------------5--5-|

A|-3----------------|-3--1---------------------------3--3-|

E|-1----------------|--------------------------------3--3-|

(02:24) (02:28)

E|---------|------------------------------------------------|

B|---------|------------------------------------------------|

G|-5--3----|------------2--2----2--2----2--2----2--2--\5--|

D|-5--3----|------------3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3--\5--|

A|-3--1----|------------3--3----3--3----3--3----3--3--\3--|

E|---------|-1///!\1--1--1----1--1----1--1----1--1--------|

(02:37)(more distorted)

E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

B|---8-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8-|---10-10-----10-10-----10-10-----10-10-|

G|---7-7-----8-8-----7-7-----5-5-|----9--9------7--7------9--9------7--7-|

D|-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-|-7--7--7---7--7--7---7--7--7---7--7--7-|

A|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

(02:46) (02:57) (03:01)

E|-----------------------------------------------------|---------|------|

B|----13-13------13-13------13-13------13-13-----12-10-|---------|------|

G|----10-10------10-10------12-12------12-12-----12-10-|---------|------|

D|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10--10-10--8-|---------|-3----|

A|-----------------------------------------------------|-5-----5-|-3----|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|-3-----3-|-1----|

Outro:

G F G F

(03:16)

E|-------------|

B|-16b18\\!-|

G|-------------|

D|-------------|

A|-------------|

E|-------------|

Riffs as above

(04:01)

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-8b10-8b10-8b10---8b10-10-8b10-10-8-7-5-----------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------7-5-------------------------|

D|--------------------------------------------7-5---------------------|

A|------------------------------------------------7-5-3-0-3-0-5h7-3-0-|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

(04:12)

E|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------|-5---5-5-----10b12-12-12-12-10b12-12-12-12...-|

D|-5h77777-5h77777-5h77777...-|----------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

(04:31)

E|-------------------------|----|--------------------------------|

B|-18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-|----|-18b20--15----------------------|

G|-------------------------|-0/-|-----------16-17-17b19-17b19\-|

D|-------------------------|-/0-|--------------------------------|

A|-------------------------|----|--------------------------------|

E|-------------------------|----|--------------------------------|

E|-17b19-17b19-17b19-17b19---------------------------|-17b19-17-15----------|

B|---------------------------18b20-18b20-18b20-18b20-|-------------18b20-18-|

G|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------| G

A|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|

This makes up the basics of the song. Most of what I haven't transcribed is listed elsewhere in the tab, and you just have to adapt what is already there. If you're really stuck, just try playing various inversions of G or F chords, since these are the main chords used throughout the song.

This is, in my opinion, the best Queen song EVER.

Please e-mail me with any comments at all about this transcription. Tell me what you like or don't like about it, tell me anything. Just e-mail to say that it helped you! I want to know if I should write any more Queen/Brian May transcriptions!

Matt Notley

darkjedi47@yahoo.com

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