'You Take My Breath Away' tab guide

Words and music by Freddie Mercury

Here is a sketch of a fingerstyle version transposed to D-minor.

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|-5-----5-6-----10-5-----5-6-----10-------13-12-8-10-5---|
|-6---6-------8----6---6-------8----10-----------------6-|
|---7-------9--------7-------9---------10----------------|
|-0----------------0-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

repeat

|---------------------------------13---5-----5-6-----10-------13-12-8-10-5---|
|-6-------8-------10---------11---13---6---6-------8----10-----------------6-|
|-7---7-7-9---9-9-10---10-10-12----------7-------9---------10----------------|
|-0-------0--------0----------0--------0-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-3-3-6---5--------3-3-6---5--------3-3-6-5---------------------|
|-5-------6--------5-------6--------5---------------------------|
|---------7----------------7--------5-----5---------------------|
|---------0----------------0--------------3---------------------|
|-4----------------4----------------3---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

(second verse: "whisper in...")
|...-3------------|
|...-5-5----------|
|...-5---5-3-2----|
|...---------3----|
|...-3-------3----|
|------------1----|

|-3-3-3-1-3---1-3-----3---3---5-1-----1-0-1---0-1-----1-0-1---3---|
|-3-------------------5-6-------------1---------------3-----------|
|-3-------------------5-------------2---------------4-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1---------1-----3---------------0---------0---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------4---------4-----|

|-1---------------------------------5-----5-6-----10...-|
|-3---3-----------3-3-------3-1-----6---6-------8---...-|
|-3-------3-2-----3-------2-----2/7-7-7-------9-----...-|
|-------------5---------------------0-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------------------------|

Bridge
|-------------3-----3-------3-3-3-3-3---6---5-3---3---3---3-5-----1-------------------------|
|-----5---6---5---5---6---5---5-------6-------5-----6---6------------1----------1---1---1---|
|-7-----------5-5-----3---3---5-------3-------5--------------------------3-2----2---2---2---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------3------3------3---3---3---3-|
|-------------3-------3-------3-----------3---3---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------1-----1--------1--------------|

|---------1-------2-2-2-2-5-------6-5-5-3-3-------6--------------1-|
|-3-------3-------1-------4-------3---------------6---10-8-6-5-----|
|-3-------3-------2-------5-------3---------------6----------------|
|-3---------------0------------------------------------------------|
|-1----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3---------5---6------------------|

1-----1-0-1---0-1---1-0-1---3---1---------------------------------5...|
|-----1-------------3-----------3---3--------------3------3-1-----6...|
|---2-------------4-------------3----------3-2-----3----2-----2/7-7...|
|----------------------------------------------5------------------0...|
|-0---------0---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-------------3-------------------------------------|

PD. 2004

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Last update: 03/21/2007