Queen

Queen - A Night At The Opera guitar tab

Queen, from _A_Night_at_the_Opera_

transcription by

ken@batman.austin.ibm.com (Ken Goach)

pat@jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov (patrick m. ryan)

Notes:

On the studio version of this song, there are two guitars.

This is an approximation for playing it on just one. Use

a capo on the first fret.

intro

X X X X Am Am Am Am

G G

G D Em C G D C G

---3-------2------0----0----0-----3----2---0------3------

---3-------3------0----0----1-----3----3---1------3------

---0-------2------0----0----0-----0----2---0------0------

---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0--0-0---2-0_2--0------

---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2--------3------2------

-3------------------------------3-3---------------3------

G D Em C G D G G G G (folk strum)

---3-------2------0----0----0-----3--2---------

---3-------3------0----0----1-----3--3---------

---0-------2------0----0----0-----0--0---------

---0-----0-0------2----2----2-----0-----3-2-0--

---2-2_3--------2-2--2-2--3-3-----2------------

-3------------------------------3-3------------

G (pickup chord) D Em

In the year of '39.... Assembled here the volunteers

C~ G D Em Em7 In the

days when lands were few Here the ship sailed out into the

C~ D(add G) Dmaj G

Blue and sunny morn Sweetest sight ever seen.

G D B7

And night followed day, and the story tellers say

Em Am (then passing notes C B A F#)

That the score brave souls inside

G D

For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C Em C D C (G) D------

Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.

G C G

Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

G D

Don't you hear me calling you

G F#/G Em D C B/G Am

Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

Em D G

In the land that our grandchildren knew.

In the C~, I add D&G on top:

|--3

|--3

|--0

|--2

|--3

|--X

Likewise, the D add G is

|--3 (where you add the G)

|--3

|--2

|--0

|--X

|--X

In the year of '39 assembled here the Volunteers

In the days when the lands were few

Here the ship sailed out into the blue and sunny morn

The sweetest sight ever seen.

And night followed day

And the storytellers say

That the score brave souls inside

For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

Ne'er looked back, never feared, never cried.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

Write your letters in the sand

For the day I take your hand

In the land that our grandchildren knew.

In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue

The Volunteers came home that day

And they bring good news of a world so newly born

Though their so heavily weigh

For the earth is old and grey, to a new home we'll away

But my love this cannot be

For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year

Your mother's eyes in your eyes cry to me.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

For my life

Still ahead

Pity Me.

Notes:

I often play Amin7 rather than plain Amin.

The odd chords listed in the chorus I play:

F#/G B/G

|--3 |--3

|--3 |--3

|--0 |--0

|--0 |--0

|--0 |--2

|--2 |--X

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=-= Sitting in the corner you are naked and alone,

No one listened to your plea's you created me.

INTERNET: A.McCormack@dct.ac.uk

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From: s5793nag@sun10.vsz.bme.hu (Tom)

It wos the asking, and I think the chords in the intro of a Queen

song ( '39 ) is not

x x Am Am Am Am

G G

I think the intro

C C Am E

B Eb B C F G G

the first line is sure!

bye

BigTom

s5793nag@sun10.vsz.bme.hu

From: v.d.drift@ams.chem.ruu.nl

'39 - Queen

>From the album A Night At The Opera

Written by Brian May

I have seen some other chords, I think these are the *real* ones.

Comments and suggestions are welcome by e-mail.

Koen van der Drift < v.d.drift@ams.chem.ruu.nl>

Intro:

| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G | G |

| G | D | Em | C | G | D | C | G | G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D7 | G |

D7 Em

In the year of '39 assembled here the volunteers

C G D7

In the days when lands were few

Em G

Here the ship sailed out into the

C G D7 G

Blue and sunny morn, sweetest sight ever seen.

D7 Ebdim

And the night followed day, and the storytellers say

Em Am

That the score brave souls inside

G D7

For many a lonely day sailed across the milky seas

C D7 G |D7|

Never looked back, never feared, never cried.

G C G

Don't you hear my call, though you're many years away,

G D7

Don't you hear me calling you

G Bm Em D6 C Bm Am

Write your letters in the sand for the day I take your hand

Bm D7 G

In the land that our grandchildren knew.

Bridge:

| Eb | Eb | Cm | Cm | C7 | C7 | C7 | C7 | A | A | A | A |

| C | C | Cdim | C | Am | Am | E | E | Bb | Bb | Bb | Eb | Eb | G |

In the year of '39 came a ship in from the blue

The volunteers came home that day

And they bring good news of a world so newly born

Though their hearts so heavily weigh

For the earth is old and grey, little darling we'll away

But my love this cannot be

For so many years have gone though I'm older but a year

Your mother's eyes, from your eyes cry to me.

Don't you hear my call though you're many years away

Don't you hear me calling you

All the letters in the sand cannot heal me like your hand

Em7 D7 G

For my life, still ahead, pity me.

Outtro:

| G | D | Em | C | Cmaj7 | D G | G | D G |

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