Queen – I Cant Live With You (Guitar Tab)

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Innuendo 1991 A great song by Queen and I found only one tab for it and since it was incomplete I'm trying to finish it now. I used Persechini Bruno's version as a starting point. I decided to cut the guitar parts into riffs so it is easier to follow. (At least I hope so...) Anyway, here you go: Standard tuning (EADGBE) Notes: Chord formations: / - slide up E (079997) \ - slide down A (x02220) or (577655) h - hammer-on Am (x02210) or (577555) p - pull-off B (x24442) or (799877) b - bend string C (x35553) r - release G (355433) ~ - vibrato D (x57775) F#m7 (244252) Riff 1 (in chorus)

E-----------------------------|
B--9-9--9--9--9\--(2)---------|
G--9-9--9--9--9\--(2)---------| (I can't live with you...)
D--9-9--9--9--9\--(2)---------|
A--7-7--7--7--7\--(0)---------|
E-----------------------------|

Riff 2 (in verse)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------| (I'm having a hard time...)
D----4----2/3/4----2/3/4------|
A----4----2/3/4----2/3/4------|
E----2----0/1/2----0/1/2------|

Riff 3 (in verse)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------| (You may think that I don't care...)
D-----------------------------|
A---1-/2-/3-/4---7p4----------|
E---------------------4-------|

Riff 4 (in verse)
E-------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------|
G-6-----------------------------------------| (I travelled a long...)
D-7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7--|
A-7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7----5/6/7---7--7--|
E-5-----------3/4/5-----------3/4/5---------|

Riff 5 (in verse)
E-----------------------------|
B-----------------------------|
G-----------------------------| (But nothing's what it seems...)
D----------------------7------|
A--/4-/5-/6-/7---10p7--7------|
E-----------------------------|

And so the song goes like this: [INTRO] at 0:01 Riff 1 (2x) [CHORUS] at 0:06 Riff 1 A B Riff 1 A B D A Riff 1 (2x) [VERSE 1] at 0:26 Riff 2 Riff 3 Riff 4 Riff 5 [PRE-CHORUS] at 0:47 C - G | C - G | C - G | D (2x)

Love is say-ing  ba-by...
C - G | C  -  G | C - G | D - A | D - A | D - A
Lo-ver  turns to  ha-ter...

[CHORUS] at 01:03 (Riff 1 1x at the end!) [VERSE 2] at 01:21 (Same as VERSE 1) [PRE-CHORUS] at 01:42 C - G | C - G | C - G | D (2x)

Hold on baby...
 C - G  | C  -  G | C - G | D - A | D - A | D - A | B
Passions screaming  hotter...            ...gotta   do...

[BRIDGE] at 2:03 (I'm not sure about this part...) E A Am G B A F#m7 B

[SOLO] at 2:18
 E    A   B    E                 A         B
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------12--10p9---------------------------------|
G---7b9~~~---------------9------------------------------|
D--------------------------9---9b11~~9--7--6------------|
A----------------------------------------------9--------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

    E                     A             B
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------11b13r11p9-----9-13b14r13--11----------|
D------------9---------------11-------------------------|
A---7---9h11--------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

    E           D          G          B
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------/12------------|
G---9----9---9--14~~-12p11h12~~-11p9h11-----------------|
D----------9--------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|

[CHORUS] at 2:39
(this guitar part at 2:50)
     D                 A
E---------------------/9---/10--/11--/12--15b16----|
B---/7--/9--/10--/12--/10--/12--/13--/14--16b17----|
G---/7--/9--/11--/13-------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
(I think it's actually played by two guitars, one starting from
the G string going to the B, the other is from B to E...)

[CHORUS] at 2:50 [OUTRO] at 3:15 Riff 1 A B to fade ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Well that's it, not 100% precise but that's the way we play it and I think it's fairly close. At least it sounds OK. There are many guitar fills in the song that I haven't transcribed so you gotta figure them out for yourselves. If you have any comments, suggestions or corrections please send it to me: [email protected]