Queen - The Millionaire Waltz bass tab
Queen: The Millionaire Waltz
Written by: Freddie Mercury
Album: A Day At The Races (1976)
Intro:
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|----10---7--------10---7--------------12----------10-----------------|
|-----------10-7----------10-7-------12--------7-10------------10-----|
|--8-------------8---------------1013--------8-------------7-10-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------8---------8--|
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|-----10------------------------------------1412----|
|--------10-7---10--12--13----------------------151415
|-8-8---------8-------------13------------12--------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------17----14151719-------|
|-15-------17---------1517---------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------(0)|
Verse:
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|-\---10--10-----10--10-------19--19------19--19--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------17----------17----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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|-----12--12------12--12--------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-10----------10----------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------\-----|
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|-----10--10------10--10------191919------171514---|
|-----------------------------------------------15-|
|-8-----------8-----------17-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------12----------|
|--------------------------------12------|
|-13-------12-------10---------------13--|
|----------------------------------------|
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|-----12--12--1214151412--------------------|
|-----------------------1210----------------|
|-10----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
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|-----12--12--1214151212-------------------9---|
|-----------------------1210-------10--12------|
|-10-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
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|-10--------17--19--20--15-----------1412------|
|----------------------------------------15\14/15
|----------------------------------12----------|
|----------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------17----14151719...------|
./15-------17---------1517-----------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
spent all our days...
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|----14----------15-------14--10---------------|
|---A.H.--------A.H.--------------10-----------|
|-------------------------------------8--------|
|----------------------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------|
|-12-------10-------8--------7------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
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|-----14--14------14--14---------------------------|
|------------------------------11121415----11121415|
|--------------------------1214--------1214--------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
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|-14-------12______---------------------10-----|
|--------------------------------------A.H.----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
day by day...
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|-18-------\--------5---------3-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
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|-----10----------------------13------------12--------------------121315--20...-|
|----A.H.---------10---------A.H.---------10--10--15----------13----------------|
|----------------A.H.-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
solo...
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|-15-------------------------------|
|-----------------13---------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
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|-----15--15------15--15--------------------------|
|-----------------------------13--13------13--13--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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|-----13--15------13--15----------------------------|
|-------------------------13--13--13------13-\\-----|
|-13----------13------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------11------------|
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|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------3------2-3----------------|
|-3--------3-------------------2--------3-...-|
(due low contrast this part is probably not accurate)
The heavy part :)
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|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-8----------87---------876-------643-4
|------------------------------------4|
4/4 (12/8)
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------1-----------|
|-4--4444444--4-44443-33--1-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
(due low contrast the rhythm couldn't be transcribed here accurately)
3/4
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------4-----------------------4------------------------------------|
|------46---------4-6----------46---------4-6-----6666666666666666666666666644--|
|-4--6--------4-6---------4--6--------4-6-------------------------------------664
3/4
solo>
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------6-----6-----|
|-4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----6-----6-----6-------------6---------------|
|--------------------------------A.H.-4-----4-----|
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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------1-----1-----|
|-4-----4-----4-----1-----1-----1-----------------|
>legato...
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|-------------------------------------3-----------8_____--------------8---|
|-------------------------3------------------------------------------A.H.-|
|-1-----0-----4-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4-----------------------------------------------------|
3:57
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|---------------------------------------10-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------10--12--13-----------|
|-3-----------------3---5---7---8-----------------------13-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----1414----------------------------14151719----------|
|---------151415-------17---------1517------------------|
|---12--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
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|-----10--10-----10--10-------191919------191919------121212------12--12------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------10--------|
|-------------------------17----------17----------10----------10--------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----10--10------10--10/-----191919------171514-----------------------------12----------|
|-----------------------------------------------15-------------------------------12------|
|-8-----------8-----------17----------------------13-------12-------10---------------13--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-----12--12--1214151212------------------------12--12--1214151412----------1212-|
|-----------------------1210--------------------------------------1210-----------|
|-10----------------------------------------10-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------1717--17--19--20------------20-----1412----------------------|
|-10--12--14--15----------------------20------20-----------151415-------17-------|
|----------------------------------------------------12--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3/4(6/8) 3/4(9/8) 5/4(15/8) 3/4(9/8)
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|-17----14151717---------------------------------------------------------|
|---1517-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------3-3-3-3-1-0-1-0---0--------(3)--------------|
|--------------------------------------------3---3-1-3-0-----------------|
5/4(15/8) 3/4(9/8)
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|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-1-0-1-0---0---------3-3-----3-----3----------|
|-----------------3---3-1-3-0--------------------------|
3/4(6/8)
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|---------------|
|-3-------------|
|-----3---0-----|
|-------------1-|
A.H.: artificial harmonics. Touch the string with your right hand thumb
one octave (12 frets) above the tabbed fret and simultainously pick the
string with another right hand finger. Left hand finger is on the tabbed
fret.
Transcribed by: Niek Lucassen (innuendo65@hotmail.com)
March 21, 2002
Additional tabbing and foot notes: PD, August 2002