Queen – Under Pressure (Guitar)
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[Figure 1] (Bass line for guitar played with alternating clap to snap, do this with feet if you do not have four hands) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------| E|---------------------------------| [Figure 2] (Played once for Intro and during Verse) D A G A e|------------5-------|---9------------|----7-----------|---5---------------| B|------7-------------|--------10------|---------8------|--------5----------| G|----7---7-------7---|-9---9-------9--|--7---7-----7---|-6---6----7-6-4----| D|--------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------7--| A|--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------| E|--------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
[Intro]
D (or Figure 2)
Um boom ba bay
A Um boom ba bay G Um Um boom ba bay bay
A
[Verse 1]
D Pressure A Pushing down on me G Pressing down on you A No man ask for D Under pressure A That burns a building down G Splits a family in two A Puts people on streets
[Bridge]
D Um ba ba bay A Um ba ba bay G Dee day duh A Ee day duh
[Verse 2]
G It's the terror of knowing A What this world is about G Watching some good friends A Screaming let me out! G A Pray tomorrow gets me higher D Pressure on people G A People on streets
[Bridge]
e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------| E|---------------------------------|
Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay
e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------| E|---------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
D Chippin' around A Kick my brains round the floor G These are the days A It never rains but it pours D Ee do bay bup A Ee do bay ba bup G Ee do bup A Bay bup D People on streets A Dee da dee da day G People on streets A Dee da dee da dee da dee da
[Verse 4]
G It's the terror of knowing A What this world is about G Watching some good friends A Screaming let me out! G Pray tomorrow A takes me higher, higher, higher D Pressure on people G A People on streets
[Verse 5]
G Turned away from it all C Like a blind man G C Sat on a fence but it don't work G Keep coming up with love A But it's so slashed and torn C F Why? G F Why? A LoveLoveLove! A Insanity laughs, under pressure we're cracking
[Verse 6]
D G A Can't we give ourselves one more chance? D G A Why can't we give love that one more chance? D A D A Why can't we give love give love give love? G A D A G A Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
[Verse 7]
G A D Cause love's such an old fashioned word A G And love dares you to care A D A For the people on the edge of the night G A And love dares you to change our way D A Of caring about ourselves G A This is our last dance G A This is our last chance D G A This is ourselves
Under pressure
e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| x3 A|-5---5---5---5-5-5---0-----------| E|---------------------------------| D A Under pressure D G A D Pressure