Queen – Under Pressure (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Under Pressure by Queen + David Bowie (1981)
Tempo: 114 BPM, Key: D, Genre: Rock
Intro/Verse/Outro Strum: d---D-u---u-D-u-
Bridge Strum d-d-d-d- d-d-d-d-
Verse 3 & 4 Strum: d-d-d-du-
Arpeggio Picking: pluck strings G-C-E-A-E-C once per chord
Intro Riff 1: Bass line (Top two High G, bottom two, Low G) A|-5--5--5--5-5-5-----| or A|-5--5--5--5-5-5--0--| E|-----------------5--| E|--------------------| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2-----| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2--0--| G|-----------------2--| or G|--------------------| Intro Riff 2: (ukulele #5?}, played every 3 measures A|-------| E|-3--5--| C|-2--2--| G|-------|
[Intro ] Intro Riff 1 & 2 with Chords and accompanied by arpeggio (ukulele #4?)
| D | D | D | D | D |
| D | D | D | D | D |
| D | D | D | D | D |
[Verse 1]
D A G A Doom doom bah deh Doom doom ba deh Doom doom bah Deh deh D A G A Pressure … pushing down on me … Pressing down on you, no man ask for D A G Under pressure … that burns a building down … Splits a family in two A Puts people on streets D A G A Mmmm bah bah deh Doom bah bah deh Plee deh dah Ee deh dah, that's Ok
[Chorus]
G A It's the terror of knowing what the world is about G A Watching some good friends screaming … "Let me out!"
G A D↓ D↓ G↓ A↓
Pray to-morrow gets me higher, Pressure on people, people on streets
[Interlude] Bass line (Top two High G, bottom two, Low G) A|-5--5--5--5-5-5-----| or A|-5--5--5--5-5-5--0--| E|-----------------5--| E|--------------------| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2-----| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2--0--| G|-----------------2--| or G|--------------------| C G F Day day de mm hm Da da da ba ba Okay
[Verse 2]
D A G Chipping around, I kick my brains around the floor
(Ooh____________________________________)
G A These are the days it never rains but it pours
(Ooh_________________________________)
D A G A Ee do bay bup, Ee do bay ba bup Ee do bup, bay bup
Ooh________________________________________
D A People on streets … Dee da Dee da day
(Ooh___________________________)
G A People on streets … Dee da Dee da dee da dee da
(Ooh____________________________________)
[Chorus]
G A It's the terror of knowing what the world is about G A Watching some good friends screaming … "Let me out!" G A Pray to-morrow gets me high, high, high___________
D↓ D↓ G↓ A↓
Pressure on people, people on streets
(high_____________
[Bridge]
NC G↓ C↓ G↓ C↓
Turned a-way from it all like a blind man Sat on a fence but it don't work
G↓ C↓
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
F G F G F A Why? - Why? - Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy? Love, love, love, love, love
(Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?)
A
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking[Verse 3]
A D G A Can't we give ourselves one more chance? A D G A Why can't we give love that one more chance? A D G Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love D A Give love, give love, give love, give love?
[Verse 4]
A G A D A G Because love's such an old fashioned word and love dares you to care for A D A The people on the (people on streets) edge of the night A G A And love (people on streets) dares you to change our way of G A G A Caring a-bout ourselves This is our last dance
G A D↓ D↓ A↓ G↓ A↓
This is our last chance This is our - selves___
N.C.
Under pressure
[Outro]
Outro Riff 1: Bass line (Top two High G, bottom two, Low G)
A|-5--5--5--5-5-5-----| or A|-5--5--5--5-5-5--0--|
E|-----------------5--| E|--------------------| x2
C|-2--2--2--2-2-2-----| x2 C|-2--2--2--2-2-2--0--|
G|-----------------2--| or G|--------------------|
D D
Under pressure
D | G A |
Under pressureD | D | D↓ G↓↓ A↓ |
Pressure
[Finger snaps to fade …]