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Song title:      Keep Passing The Open Windows
Original Album:	 The Works (Queen)

Words and Music by Freddie Mercury
Copyright © 1984 Stiff Records (UK)
Published by BMG Music Publishing Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


VERSE1:
Notes:

Bass Figure
  C
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----3-3-----|
|-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3-----5-3-|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


Chords:
F  133211    Bb   x13331    G/B  x20003
G  320003    C/A  x02010    Am   x02210
C  x32010    C/G  3x2010    Gm7  353333


| F             G           | C  Bb | C/A | C/G
    This is the only life for me

| F            G            | C   G/B | Am | C/G
    Surround myself around my own fanta-sy

       | Bb
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself

                                            [Bass Figure starts and repeats]
 | Gm7                                      | C | % 
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need

| Gm7
  Love is all you need



INSTRUMENTAL:
Notes:
I've shown barrés in the tab but open chords sound OK, too.
Try both and see what you think.

Bass Figure continues until electric guitar power chords.

Chords:
C   x32010
Dm  xx0231
F   x33211
Bb  x13331


[play:]

Acoustic Grand Piano:
  C           Dm          F
|-3-----------5-----------8__________-------------------------------|
|-5-----------6-----------10_________-------------------------------|
|-5-----------7-----------10_________-------------------------------|
|-5-----------7-----------10_________-------------------------------|
|-3-----------5-----------8__________-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


Acoustic Grand Piano:
| C       Dm      F   Em      F     Em      C       Bb
|-3-------5-------8---7-------8---|-7-------3-------1-----------1---|
|-5-------6-------10--8-------10--|-8-------5-------3-----------3---|
|-5-------7-------10--9-------10--|-9-------5-------3-----------3---|
|-5-------7-------10--9-------10--|-9-------5-------3-----------3---|
|-3-------5-------8---7-------8---|-7-------3-------1-----------1---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Acoustic Grand Piano:
  C           Dm          F
|-3-----------5-----------8__________-------------------------------|
|-5-----------6-----------10_________-------------------------------|
|-5-----------7-----------10_________-------------------------------|
|-5-----------7-----------10_________-------------------------------|
|-3-----------5-----------8__________-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Acoustic Grand Piano:
                                                    Electric guitar:
  C       Dm      F   Em      F     Em      C       Bb5         G5
|-3-------5-------8---7-------8---|-7-------3-----------------------|
|-5-------6-------10--8-------10--|-8-------5-----------------------|
|-5-------7-------10--9-------10--|-9-------5-------3---------------|
|-5-------7-------10--9-------10--|-9-------5-------3-----------5---|
|-3-------5-------8---7-------8---|-7-------3-------1-----------5---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Electric guitar:
                  C5          G5                    D5          G5
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5---------------|-----------------7---------------|
|-----------------5-----------5---|-----------------7-----------5---|
|-----------------3-----------5---|-----------------5-----------5---|
|-----------------------------3---|-----------------------------3---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


Electric guitar:
                              G
|-----------------------------3---|
|-6---5-----------------------3---|
|---------7---5-----------5---4---|
|-----------------8---5-------5---|
|-----------------------------5---|
|-----------------------------3---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE2:
Chords:
C   x32010    Gm7     353333
Bb  x13331    Gm7/D   x53333
F   x33211    Gm7/Bb  x13333


     | C                        | %
Do you know what it's like to be alone in this world

| %                    | %                           | Bb   
    When you're down and out on your luck and you're a failure

| F                        | F
    Wake up screaming in the middle of the night

| %                         | %                         | C 
    You think it's all been a waste of time - it's been a bad year


| Gm7          | Gm7/D   Gm7/Bb | C                | %     [Piano Fill1]
    You start be-lieving every  - thing's gonna be alright


Piano Fill1
      C   Dm  Em  Dm  C   Bb
|-----3---5---7---5---3---1____---|
|-----5---6---8---6---5---3____---|
|-----5---7---9---7---5---3____---|
|-----5---7---9---7---5---3____---|
|-----3---5---7---5---3---1____---|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

 -right


| Gm7                | Gm7/D           Gm7/Bb     | C | % [Piano Fill2]
    Next minute you're down and you're flat on your back


Piano Fill2
      C   Dm  Em  C   Dm
|-----3---5---7---3---5-----------|
|-----5---6---8---5---6-----------|
|-----5---7---9---5---7-----------|
|-----5---7---9---5---7-----------|
|-----3---5---7---3---5-----------|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


| F                 G      | Dm             G
A brand new day's beginning, get that sunny feeling

                 | C
And you're on your way



CHORUS1:
Notes:
At the end of the second line, the electric guitar plays
the power chords in the tab.

Chords:
C   x32010 or x35553    Em  022000
Dm  xx0231 or x57765    Gm  355333    
F   x33211 or 133211


| C    Dm   F     | C    Dm   F  Em   F | Em  C | Gm
  Just be - lieve - just keep passing the o - pen windows


                                                 [Electric guitar:]
| C    Dm   F     | C    Dm   F  Em   F | Em  C  | Bb5 G5
  Just be - lieve - just keep passing the o - pen  win-dows


| C5  G5 | D5  G5 | [N.C.] G |


Electric guitar:
  Bb5         G5                    C5          G5
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|-3-----------5-------------------|-5-----------5-------------------|
|-1-----------5-------------------|-3-----------5-------------------|
|-------------3-------------------|-------------3-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



Electric guitar:
  D5          G5                                                G
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------3---|
|---------------------------------|-6---5-----------------------3---|
|-7-------------------------------|---------7---5-----------5---4---|
|-7-----------5-------------------|-----------------8---5-------5---|
|-5-----------5-------------------|-----------------------------5---|
|-------------3-------------------|-----------------------------3---|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE3:
Chords:
C   x32010    Gm7     353333
Bb  x13331    Gm7/D   x53333
F   x33211    Gm7/Bb  x13333


     | C                        | %
Do you know how it feels when you don't have a friend

| %                    | %                     | Bb   
    Without a job and no money to spend you're a stranger

| F                      | %      | %                         | %
    All you think about is suicide, one of these days you gonna lose the fight

         | C 
You better keep out of danger


| Gm7          |  Gm7/D   Gm7/Bb     | C            | %  [Piano Fill1]
    That same old feeling just   keeps burning deep inside


| Gm7                  | Gm7/D           Gm7/Bb    | C | % [Piano Fill2]
    You keep telling yourself it's gonna be     the  end


| F                 | G     | Dm               | G
    Oh get yourself together, things are looking better everyday



[repeat CHORUS1]



VERSE4:
Notes:
Mostly the same as VERSE1 but no Bass riffing.

Chords:
F  133211    Bb   x13331    G/B  x20003
G  320003    C/A  x02010    Am   x02210
C  x32010    C/G  3x2010    Gm7  353333


| F             G           | C  Bb | C/A | C/G
    This is the only life for me

| F            G            | C   G/B | Am | C/G
    Surround myself around my own fanta-sy

       | Bb
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself

 | Gm7                                      | C | Dm F
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need



CHORUS2:
Chords:
C  x32010 or x35553    Em 022000
Dm xx0231 or x57765    Gm 355333
F  x33211 or 133211


             | C    Dm   F  Em   F | Em  C | Gm
Just believe - just keep passing the o - pen windows

  
| C    Dm   F     | C    Dm   F  Em   F | Em  C  | Bb  G
  Just be - lieve - just keep passing the o - pen  win-dows



[Guitar SOLO over these chords:]


[play: 4/4| F  G | C  C/Bb | C/A | C/G

          | F  G | C  G/B  Am  Bb | Gm7


          | C  Dm  F | C Dm  F Em F |

          | Em  C  F Em F | Em  C  F Em F | Em  C | Gm | %


          | C  Dm  F | C  Dm  F Em F 

          | Em  C  F Em F | Em  C  F Em F | Em  C | C  G/B  Am |]



OUTRO:
Chords:
Bb  x13331              F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8
Gm  355333              Gm7  353333
C   x35553 or x32010    Em   x79987 or 022000
Dm  x57765 or xx0231


       | Bb                  | %
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself

 | Gm                       | %             | C 
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need (yeah)


| Gm7              | C     Gm7
     Love is all you need, baby

| %
  Love is all you need...


| C    Dm F     | C    Dm   F  Em   F | Em  C  | Gm7 Gm
  Just be-lieve - just keep passing the o - pen  win-dows

| C    Dm F     | C    Dm   F  Em   F | Em  C  | Gm7 Gm
  Just be-lieve - just keep passing the o - pen  win-dows


| C    Dm   F  Em   F | Em  C | Gm7
  Just keep passing the o - pen windows


[repeat last line x4 to fade]