'Keep Passing The Open Windows' tab guide

Words and music by Queen

Note: Transcribed by Matt Notley, 10/99 - darkjedi47@yahoo.com
Bass riff (00:20)
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----|
E|-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3-|

Guitar (00:32)
delay echo            (00:40)
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|----------------------------------------------|
B|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----|----------------------------------------------|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0...-|-x\\\-3-------5-------7-----------------------|
D|--------------------|-x\\\-3--5----5--5----7--5----3-2-0-------0---|
A|--------------------|------1--5----3--5----5--5----------3-1-3---5-|
E|--------------------|---------3-------3-------3------------------3-|

Verse 1:
Basic backing guitars
 (0:50)         (0:57)         (1:03)          (1:12)      (1:17)
E|--------------|----1-1-------|-----3---------|--3--------|---------------|
B|--------------|----1-1-------|-----3---------|--3--------|-1---3---6---3-|
G|--------------|-2--------2---|-----3---------|--3--------|-2---4---7---4-|
D|-x-55-5---3---|-3--------3---|-5--(3)----5---|-(3)---5---|-3---5---7---5-|
A|-x-33-3---1---|-3--------3---|-3---------3---|-------3---|---------------|
E|--------------|-1--------1---|---------------|-----------|---------------|

Fills
 (1:30)                       (1:39)
E|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-10h11p10h11p10tr11~~~~~~~~-|-------------------------6-5-----------6b8---|
G|----------------------------|-3-------5-------7-----------7-5---5-7-------|
D|----------------------------|-3--5----5--5----7--5------------8-----------|
A|----------------------------|-1--5----3--5----5--5------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----3-------3-------3------------------------|

Verse 2:
The basic backing guitar track is identical to verse 1, but there are
the following guitar fills:

 (1:53)              (1:57)       (2:25)
E|-------------------|-1-1-1-1----|----------------------------------------
B|-------------------|-1-1-1-1----|----------12tr13-10tr11-8tr10-7tr8-5tr7-
G|-----10b12-10-9-10-|-0-0-0-0...-|-////17~~-------------------------------
D|-8-8---------------|------------|----------------------------------------
A|-------------------|------------|----------------------------------------
E|-------------------|------------|----------------------------------------

                                       (2:38)
---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-8tr10-10tr11-12tr13-10tr11-8tr10-8~~~-|------------13b15----------------|
---------------------------------------|-15b17-12---------12---12\\\\\\!-|
---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 (2:47)      (2:57)                 (3:15)
E|-----------|--3-------------------|--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------|--3-------------------|---------------12p10------------------------|
G|-----------|--3---...(5)...--feed-|-10b12-10b12---------12-12p10-9-------------|
D|-----------|-(3)-------------back-|--------------------------------12p10-------|
A|-1--0------|----------------------|--------------------------------------12-12-|
E|-------3-1-|----------------------|--------------------------------------------|

 w/slide
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------
B|-------------------------------------|-//10-10-10-10/12-10-8-6-
G|-12/14-14-14-14--14\12-12-10--9/12\\-|-------------------------
D|-------------------------------------|-------------------------
A|-------------------------------------|-------------------------
E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------

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-6/13---12/13---12\10---11...-|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|
------------------------------|

 (3:30) not sure if this is correct...
E|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------11-11-10-11/15-15-13----------|
G|---------------7-------------------------12-15...-|
D|-8-7-8-10-8-10---10-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------13-15-17-18b20-|
G|----------------7---7-10-7-10--12-14-15----------------|
D|---------8----8---8------------------------------------|
A|-10-8-10---10------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

 (3:48) three guitars (again, not sure if this is perfect...)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-10-13---8-10-13-12-13-12-8---13-12-13-12-8---13-12-13-12-8-|
G|-5--7-10---5--7-10--9-10--9-5---10--9-10--9-5---10--9-10--9-5-|
D|-2--4--7---2--4--7--6--7--6-2----7--6--7--6-2----7--6--7--6-2-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

                                   (4:54) fast tremolo picking
E|---------------------------------|-------------------13-15-17--
B|-15b17--15--13-15-17-15-13-12-11-|-13------13-15-17------------
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------
D|---------------------------------|-----------------------------
A|---------------------------------|-----------------------------
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------

-17b18---15-20b22---20-17-------|
--------------------------18...-|
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Author: Matt Notley, darkjedi47@yahoo.com
Last update: 03/21/2007