Queen – The Show Must Go On (Ukulele Intro)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri The Show Must Go On (1991) (Queen) From: "Innuendo" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAIN PATTERN (intro, verse, chorus)

  Bm      Bsus2    Bsus4   Bm       G       G(b5)   G6      G   Bm
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|
C|2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
g|----------------|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-|

  Em      Em7      F#sus4  F#       Em      Edim
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  

A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|2-------1-------|
E|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|3-------0-------|
C|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|4-------1-------|
g|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------3-3-3-3-|0-------0-------|

      Bm     Bsus2        Bsus4  Bm
Empty spaces, what are we living for?

          G      G(b5)       G6       G  Bm/F#
Abandoned places, I guess we know the score

Em     Em7      F#sus4     F#              Em             Edim
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for?

VERSE

        Bm   Bsus2    Bsus4    Bm
Another hero, another mindless crime

           G      G(b5)    G6   G
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime

Em       Em7        F#sus4   F#               Em 
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore?

CHORUS

                | Bm Bsus2 | Bsus4 Bm |
The show must go on

                | G G(b5) | G6  G Bm/F# |
The show must go on

  Em7              Em6
Inside my heart is breaking

   F#sus4          F#
My make-up may be flaking

       Em   Edim   | Bm |     | Bm G#7 |
But my smile still stays on    (break)

VERSE (key change +2)

         C#m     C#sus2           C#sus4  C#m
Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance

        A       A(b5)      A6       A
Another heartache, another failed romance

F#m     F#m7      G#sus4  G#               F#m           F#dim
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for?

VERSE (key change +2)

            C#m      C#sus2       C#sus4  C#m
I guess I'm learning  I must be warmer now

             A        A(b5)      A6     A
I'll soon be turning   round the corner now

   F#m               F#m7           
Outside the dawn is breaking

    G#sus4        G#             | F#m F#dim | Em |
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

CHORUS

                | Bm Bsus2 | Bsus4 Bm |
The show must go on

                | G G(b5) | G6  G Bm/F# |
The show must go on

  Em7              Em6
Inside my heart is breaking

   F#sus4          F#
My make-up may be flaking

       Em   Edim   Bm
But my smile still stays on

F          G7              Em             Am    G6
 My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies

F             G7            Em             Am
Fairy-tales of yesterday will grow but never die

      A        Dsus4      D 
I can fly, my friends (break)

CHORUS

                | Bm Bsus2 | Bsus4 Bm |
The show must go on

                | G G(b5) | G6  G Bm/F# |
The show must go on

     Em7              Em6
I'll face it with a grin

    F#sus4          F#
I'm never giving in

   Em             Edim   
O-on with the show

            Em7               Em6
Ooooh, I'll top the bill I'll overkill 

  F#sus4            F#m    
I have to find the will to carry ...

Em          Edim            Em
On with the show            sho-o-o-oow

(on with the ...)

                 Bm
The show must go on (go on, go on, go on ...)

(repeat and fade)