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.