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Words and music by Brian May

Note: BBC version and Live Killers version
Intro:
    *   .    .   .    *   .    .   .    *   .    .   .    *   .    .   .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----11p9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-|
|-7-----7----7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-|
|-0-----0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----0------0-|
(E5-6)

  *   .   .    .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .    .    .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----10--10p9-------------------------10--10p9-----------------------|
|-----9---9----------------------------9---9-------------------------|
9-----9---9----9-9-9-9-11--9-x-x-9-----9---9---9-9-9-9-11-9-11-9-9-9-|
7-----7---7----7-7-7-7-7---7-x-x-7-----7---7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-|
0------------------0---0---0-----0-----------------0---0----0--------|


  *   .    .   .    *   .    .   .    *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------10---9-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------9---9-------|
|-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-11-9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9-|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|



Chorus-figure:
  *     .     .     .   *     .   .   .   *   .   .   .    *   .    .   .
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|(12-12-12)-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-11-11-11---------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-x---10-10-10--------------9---9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-9-9-----|
|-10-10-10-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10--------------7---7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7---x-|
|----------10-10-10-x-x-8--8--8---3-2-1-0---0-----0---0----0---0----0---0---|

  *     .     .     .   *     .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------|
|(12-12-12)-------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-11-11-11-----------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-x---10-10-10----------|
|-10-10-10-12-12-12-x-x-10-10-10----------|
|----------10-10-10-x-x-8--8--8---3-2-1-0-|


Verse
E5-6  C G
E5 Esus4 D  

D-------9-...
A-0-----7-...
E---3-0---...   E


Chorus (see above)

Verse

Chorus

Bass-break (BBC):
   *                                       d d d                             *
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/10-10-10-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6-7
|------------------------------------------?-?-?-----------------------------|
d:drums (and rhythm guitar)

Bass break (Live Killers):
   *                                          d d d                                 *
|-------------------------------------____------------------------------------------|
|-/10-10-10---/10-10-/10-10-10-/10---10p8-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------10-8-6-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-3-3-5-5-5-6-6-7
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Solo on Live Killers:

  *   .   .   .    *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3--3v--------------3v------------/---------3---------|
|-------------2-b4v----------r2-b4v------------/-5---5-5-4---------|
|-2----------------------------------------------5---5-5-5-5--(0)--|
|-2----------------------------------------------3---3-3---5-------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------|

  *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3\------|
|---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---------5-----4\------|
|---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---7/9---------5-----5\------|
|---5/7---5/7---5/7---5/7---5/7---5/7---5/7---------3-------------|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------3---------------|

  *   .    .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .   .   *   .   .     .
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------5----/12-12-----|
|----------------------------------------------------5----/12-12-----|
|----------20----------20----------20----------2--0--5----/12-12-----|
|------------2-1-0-------2-1-0-------2-1-0---------3------/10-10-----|
|-0---3bp0---------3-0---------3-0---------3-0-----------------------|
           p           p           p


  *        .       .       .    *       .       .       .    
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------12--12--12--12---------------12--12--12--12-----------|
|---11b13-b13-b13-b13r11p9----9----b13-b13-b13-b13r11p9----9-|
|--------------------------11---------------------------11---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------------------------------|

  *      .       .       .    *   .     .     .    
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------12h13--13-13-13-12-----|
|---b12-b13-b13-b13r11\----12-----12-12-12-12-----|
|--------------------------12h14--14-14-14-14-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

  *      .    .         .          *    .         .        .          *       .       .        .   
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b17v------17_r15p12-15-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------14b16v------16_r14p12-14p12----12b-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------(0)--------14-------14p12------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------14--13--12--10--12p10--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12\\\0-|

C/E, G

076780, C, G


  *   .    .   .   *        .    .   .     *    .      .   .    
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------15----------------15--15---15--15---------|
|---7/9-9-7/9--------14b16-------------14-b16---14-b16---------|
|---7/9-9-7/9-x------------------------------------------------|
|---5/7-7-5/7-x------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------x------------------------------------------------|

C, G,

E5-6, C, G

E1, E5, E (sus4),
Author: PD. 2003
Last update: 03/21/2007