Queen - Classic Queen guitar tab
This is a really good album of queens.
(#)= ANY NUMBER IN PARENTHASIS IS THE SONG NUMBER
(1). ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST_________
Em \
A
1. Steve walks warily down the street, with the brim pulled way down low.
Em \
A
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine guns ready to go.
C G
Are you ready, are you ready for this,
C G
are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
C G A
D
Out of the doorway the bullets rip, to the sound of the beat. Yeah!
Em A e
A
Another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust.
e
A
And another one gone, and another one gone , another one bites the dust.
F#m
B Em – A – Em – A
Hey, I'm gonna get you too, another one bites the dust.
Em
A
2. How do you think I'm going to get along, without you, when you're gone.
Em
A
You took me for everything that I had, and kicked me out on my own.
C G
G
Are you happy, are you satisfied, how long can you stand the heat?
C G A
D
Out of the doorway the bullets rip, to the sound of the beat. + CHORUS
Em Em
Another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust.
Em Em
Another one bites the dust. Another one bites the dust.
Em
A
3. There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man, and bring him to the ground.
Em
You can beat him, you can cheat him, you can treat him bad,
A
and leave him when he's down.
C G
G
But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you, I'm standing on my own two feet.
C G
D
Out of the doorway the bullets rip, repeating the sound of the beat.
+ CHORUS + Em - A - Em - A Em (capo 1st)
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(2). CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE_________
D ~ D G
G
1. This thing called love, I just can't handle it,
D G C
G
this thing called love, I must get round to it,
D Bb C D
I ain't ready, crazy little thing called love.
D
2. This thing (this thing) called love (called love),
G C G
it cries (like a baby) in a cradle all night.
D
it swings (woo woo) it jives (woo woo),
G C G
it shakes all over like a jelly fish
D Bb C D
I kinda like it - crazy little thing called love.
- - - - - - - - - - - G C G
There goes my baby, she knows how to rock'n'roll,
Bb e
she drives me crazy, she gives me hot and cold fever -
A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A - F - E - A
she leaves me in a cool cool sweat.
D G C
G
3. I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks,
D G
C G
take a back seat, hitchhike and take a long ride on my motorbike,
D Bb C D
until I'm ready - crazy little thing called love.
Bb - D - Bb - E - A + repeat verse 3 + repeat verse 1
Bb C D
Crazy thing called love, yeah yeah ! (repeat 5x and fade…)
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(3). FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS_________
G - B7 - Em - G7 - C - F - C
G D
1. Another red letter day,
Em Bm
D
so the pound has dropped and the children are creating.
C Am
The other half ran away,
D C G
D
taking all the cash and leaving you with the lumber.
G B7 Em
Got a pain in the chest. Doctor’s on strike.
G7
What you need is a rest.
Am D
D7
It’s not easy, love, but you got friends you can trust.
C A
Friends will be friends,
G Em
G
when you’re in need of love they give you care and attention.
D B7
Friends will be friends,
Em C
when you’re through with life and all hope is lost,
G A C - D - - - - - - -- - -
hold out your hand, cause friends will be friends --- right to the end.
- G - B7 - Em - G7 - C - F - C
G D
2. Now it’s a beautiful day,
Em Bm D
the postman delivered a letter from your lover.
C Am
Only a phone call away,
D C G
D
you try to track him down, but somebody stole his number.
G B7 Em
It’s a matter of fact, you’re getting used to life
G7
without him in your own way.
Am D
D7
It’s not easy, love, ‘cause you got friends you can trust.
C A
Friends will be friends,
G Em
G
when you’re in need of love they give you care and attention.
D B7
Friends will be friends,
Em C
when you’re through with life and all hope is lost,
G A C - D - - - - - - -- - -
hold out your hand, ‘cause friends will be friends --- right to the end.
+ G - F - C - Bb G -
- C - Bb
3. Instrumental = verse 2 (except last line which is sung again)
G - D - Em - Bm - D
C - Am D - C - G - D
G - B7 - Em - G7
Am D
D7
It’s so easy now ‘cause you got friends you can trust.
+ CHORUS +
C A
Friends will be friends,
G Em
G
when you’re in need of love they give you care and attention.
D B7
Friends will be friends,
Em C
when you’re through with life and all hope is lost,
G A C
- D
hold out your hand, ‘cause right to the end --- friends will be friends.
+ CHORUS as instrumental (2x)
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(4). I WANT TO BREAK FREE_________________
C
1. I want to break free, I want to break free,
I want to break free from your lies, you're so self satisfied,
F C
I don't need you. I've got to break free.
G F G
C
God knows, God knows I want to break free.
C
2. I've fallen in love, I've fallen in love for the first time,
F C
and this time I know it's for real, I've fallen in love, yeah.
G F G C
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love.
G F
It's strange but it's true,
G F
I can't get over the way you love me like you do,
Am D
but I have to be sure, when I walk out that door.
F G Am G
G Am
Oh, how I want to be free, baby, oh how I want to be free,
G F G C
oh, how I want to break free.
C
3. But life still goes on,
I can't get used to, living without, living without, living without you
F C
by my side, I don't want to live alone, hey.
G F G C
God knows, got to make it on my own.
G F G
C
So baby can't you see, I've got to break free.
I've got to break free, I want to break free, yeah,
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free....
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(5). RADIO GA GA__________
D - Em - G - Em - G - D (2x)
G D
Radio.
D
1. I'd sit alone and watch your light,
Em
my only friend through teenage nights,
G Em
G D
and everything I had to know, I heard it on my radio.
D
2. You gave them all those old time stars,
Em
through wars of worlds, invaded by Mars,
G
you made 'em laugh, you made 'em cry,
Em G D
D
you made us feel like we could fly (radio).
D
So don't become some background noise,
F
a backdrop for the girls and boys,
G
who just don't know or just don't care,
e
and just complain when you're not there.
D
You had your time, you had the power,
A G D G D
you've yet to have your finest hour. Radio (radio)
G D G D G
D G D
All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio goo goo, radio ga ga.
G D G D G
D
All we hear is, radio ga ga, Radio blah blah,
C G - A Bm
G A D
Radio what's new? Radio, someone still loves you!
D
3. We watch the shows, we watch the stars
Em
on videos for hours and hours.
G
We hardly need to use our ears,
Em G D
how music changes through the years.
D
Let's hope you’ll never leave old friends,
F
like all good things on you we depend.
G
So stick around ‘cause we might miss you,
e
when we grow tired of all this visual.
D
You had your time, you had the power.
A G D G D
you've yet to have your finest hour. Radio (radio).
G D G D G
D G D
All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio goo goo, radio ga ga.
G D G D G
D G D
All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio bloo bloo, radio ga ga.
G D G D G
D
All we hear is, radio ga ga, radio blah blah.
C G - A Bm A
G A D
Radio what's new? someone still loves you!
D ~ D - Em - G
- Em - G - D
Radio ga ga. Radio ga ga. Radio ga ga.
D - F - G - e D
You had your time, you had the power.
A G D G D
you've yet to have your finest hour. Radio (radio). ….
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(6).WE WILL ROCK YOU___________
Am
1. Buddy, you`re a boy, make a big noise playing
in the street, gonna be a big man someday.
You got mud on your feet, you big disgrace,
G Am
kicking your can all over the place. Singing
Am G Am G
Am
We will, we will rock you, we will, we will rock you.
Am
2. Buddy, you`re a young man, hard man shouting
in the street, gonna take on the world someday.
You got blood on your face, you big disgrace,
G Am
waving your banner all over the place.
Am G Am
Am
We will, we will rock you, singing we will, we will rock you.
Am
3. Buddy, you`re on old man, poor man pleading
with your eyes, gonna make you some peace someday.
You got mud on your face, you big disgrace,
G Am
somebody better take you back in your place.
Am G Am
Am
We will, we will rock you, singing we will, we will rock you,
Am G Am
everybody we will, we will rock you, come on
G F - D ~ ~
We will, we will rock you.
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(7).BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (abridged version)______
Em - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - - - - - - - -
Is this real life, is the just fantasy?
D7 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G - - - - - - - - -
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.
Em G7 C
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see !
Am D
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, because I’m
G# G F# G G# G F# G
Easy come, easy go, little high, little low,
C G A
D D7 G ~
any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.
G Em
1. Mama, just killed a man,
Am
D
put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
G Em Am
C D
Mama, life had just begun, but now I've gone and thrown it all away.
C G Am Dm
Mama, uh, uh, didn't mean to make you cry,
G G7 C
if I'm not back again this time tomorrow,
G Am Fm
- Dm - G - G7
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.
G Em
2. Too late, my time has come
Am C
D
sent shivers down my spine, body's achin' all the time.
G Em
Goodbye everybody, I've got to go,
Am C D
gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
C G Am Dm
Mama, uh, uh, I don't want to die,
G G7 C
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.
+ - G - Am - Dm - G - G7
- G - Am - Dm - G - G7….
(orig. = capo 3rd)
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(8). FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS______________
D G
G A
Are you gonna take me home tonight? Ah, down beside that red firelight.
D G
Are you gonna let it all hang out?
D A
D
Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round.
D G
D
1. I was just a skinny lad, never knew no good from bad.
\ A
But I knew love before I left my nursery.
D G
D
Left alone with big fat Fanny, she was such a naughty nanny.
A D
Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me.
D
D
2. I've been singing with my band, across the wire, across the land
A
I've seen every blue eyed floozy on the way.
D
D
But their beauty and their style, went kind of smooth after a while,
A D
take me to them lovely ladies every time.
D G D
G A
Oh! Won't you take me home tonight. Oh! Down beside your red firelight,
D G
Oh! And you give it all you got.
D A
D
Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round.
A D
Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round
D
D
3. Now your mortgages and new homes, and the stiffness in your bones,
A
ain't no beauty queens in this locality.
D G
D
Oh, but I still get my pleasure, still get my greatest treasure,
A D
heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me. + CHORUS
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(9).IS THS THE WORLD WE CREATED_________
C - - - C - Em - C7 - F - Fm - C - - -
Am G
F
1. Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed,
Am G F
take a look at all the suffering we breed.
C F Dm
So many lonely faces scattered all around,
e F - Dm
searching for what they need. - - -
C Em F
G
Is this the world we created, what did we do it for ?
Am Em - Dm
G
Is this the world we invaded against the law ?
C Em C7
F Fm
So it seems in the end, is this what we're all living for today ?
C
The world that we created ?
Am G
F
2. You know that every day a helpless child is born,
Am G
F
who needs some loving care inside a happy home.
C F
Dm
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne,
e F Dm
waiting for life to go by. - - - Oh.
C Em F
G
Is this the world we created ? We made it on our own.
Am Em - Dm
G
Is this the world we devastated, right to the bone ?
C Em C7
F
If there's a God in the sky looking down, what can he think of
Fm C
what we've done to the world that he created.
(orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 2nd)
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(10).KILLER QUEEN__________________
Am G
1. She keeps Moet et Chandon in her pretty cabinet,
Am G C
'Let them eat cake' she says, just like Marie Antoinette.
\ G C7 F
A built-in remedy for Kruschev and Kennedy,
Fm C Dm G
At anytime an invitation you can't decline.
e Am G7
B7 Em
Caviar and cigarettes, well versed in etiquette, extraordinarily nice.
G Bm Em Bm
She's a Killer Queen, gunpowder, gelatine
Em Bm
dynamite with a laser beam.
e A G
Guaranteed to blow your mind. Anytime
F# Bm e
G
Recommended at the price, insatiable an appetite. Wanna try?
Am G
2. To avoid complications she never kept the same address,
Am G C
in conversation she spoke just like a baroness.
G C7
F
Met a man from China, went down to Geisha Minah
Fm C G
Then again, incidentally, if you're that way inclined.
e Am
Perfume came naturally from Paris.
G7 C B7
Em
For cars she couldn't care less, fastidious and precise. + CHORUS
3. Instr.: (= lines 1-4 of verse 2)
G-C7-F-Fm-C-G
e Am e
Am
Drop of a hat she's as willing as playful as a pussy cat,
G C G
C
then momentarily out of action, temporarily out of gas.
B7 Em D G-D
Em
To absolutely drive you wi...ld, wi...ld. (She's all out to get you)
+ CHORUS)
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(11).WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS____________
Am G Am
1. I've paid my dues, time after time,
G Am G
Am
I've done my sentence, but committed no crime.
G C F C
And bad mistakes, I've made a few
F C G
Am
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face,
D G
but I've come through.
G7 A A7
(And I need to go on and on and on and on.)
D F#m Bm -
- A
We are the champions my friends,
D F#m G - B7
and we'll keep on fighting till the end.
Em A Gm A
We are the champions, we are the champions,
D C F G
no time for losers, 'cause we are the champions ~ ~
Em Dm ( - Em - Dm - Em
Dm - Em )
of the (world (not when refrain is repeated!)
Am G Am
2. I've taken my bows, and my curtain calls,
G Am
G
you brought me fame and fortune and everything,
Am
that goes with it, I thank you all.
G C F
C
But it's been no bed of roses, no pleasure cruise,
F C G
A
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race
D G
G7 A A7
and I ain't gonna lose. (And I need to go on and on and on and on.)
+ CHORUS + CHORUS
(capo 3rd)
(Queen)
Well thats the whole album. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and it took a long time
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