Queen – Keep Yourself Alive (Guitar Intro)

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"Keep Yourself Alive" (Brian May) From "Queen" (1973) [Intro] F | A |C D| G C |F5| [Verse 1]
       F                                Bb            F
I was told a million times of all the troubles in my way,

            F           F/A             Bb          F
"Mind you grow a little wiser, little better every day",

            C                            Db
But if I crossed a million rivers and I rode a million miles,

          Ab                                  C
Then I'd still be where I started, bread and butter for a smile...
[Verse 2]
        F                           Bb            F
Well I sold a million mirrors in a shop in Alley Way

        F          F/A           Bb        F
But I never saw my face in any window any day.

          C                              Db
Now they say your folks are telling you "be a superstar",

       Ab                             A5
But I tell you just be satisfied and stay right where you are!
[Chorus]
 D                 G
Keep yourself alive (yeah)

 D             A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)

       D       D/C#      Bm       G
It'll take you all your time and money

  A5           D
Honey you'll survive.
[Break] | A | C D | F5 | [Verse 3]
           F                          Bb          F
Well I've loved a million women in a belladonnic haze

       F              F/A              Bb             F
And I ate a million dinners brought to me on silver trays.

        C                             Db
Give me everything I need to feed my body and my soul,

          Ab                          C
And I'll grow a little bigger, maybe that can be my goal?
[Verse 4]
       F                               Bb           F
I was told a million times of all the people in my way,

        F                             Bb           F
How I "had to keep on trying and get better every day!",

           C                              Db
But if I crossed a million rivers, and I rode a million miles,

          Ab                        A5
Then I'd still be where I started, same as when I started...
[Chorus]
 D                 G
Keep yourself alive (come on)

 D             A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)

       D       D/C#      Bm       G
It'll take you all your time and money

  A5           D
Honey you'll survive. (shake!...ow!)
[Solo] | F Bb | F C | |F F/E Dm Bb | C F | x2 [Chorus]
D                 G
Keep yourself alive (wow)

 D              A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)

       D       D/C#      Bm       G
It'll take you all your time and money

     A      D         E5
to keep me satisfied.
[Bridge] * N.C. Do you think you're better every day? N.C. No, I just think I'm two steps
                  A
nearer to my grave
[Chorus]
 D                 G
Keep yourself alive (come on)

 D             A5
Keep yourself alive (ooh)

 D        D/C#      Bm       G
take your time and take my money,

  A5           D
Honey you'll survive.

 F                 Bb
Keep yourself alive (come on)

 F              C
Keep yourself alive

 F  F/E Dm Bb
All you people,

  C             F
Keep yourself alive!

  D                G
Keep yourself alive (come on}

  D            A5
Keep yourself alive

       D       D/C#      Bm         G
It'll take you all your time and a money

     A5          D
To keep me satisfied.

  B                E
Keep yourself alive,

  B             F#
Keep yourself alive.

 B  B/A#  G#m E
All you  people

 F#             B
Keep yourself alive
[Outro]
 B
Take you all your

 B
time and money,honey

 B
You will survive

 B
Keep you satisfied

 B
Keep yourself alive....
* At end of bridge, bass and guitar climb scale once from E to A above E octave.