Queen – Under Pressure (Guitar)

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Chords

[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